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<blockquote data-quote="Simeon_Strangelight" data-source="post: 1179286" data-attributes="member: 6783">That's not what I meant. I personally learned it old-school. Of course you don't swerve and break at the same time. Default reflex is to change course and then brake, if course correction needed, release the brakes, then move some more in a better direction and then brake again. Modern ABS actually increases braking distance and that is why pro-drivers turn off ABS since they can do it better. But usually you learn in your extreme conditions training to focus on changing directions first and only later apply the brakes. I used to drive fast in the past and I noticed that the reflexes went out the door sometime later. Then one day I had one such accident that I could have prevented by doing my training once every 2 years. Though as noted - most normal drivers would have hit that lady and in a self-driving vehicle the likelihood goes down even more.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Simeon_Strangelight, post: 1179286, member: 6783"] That's not what I meant. I personally learned it old-school. Of course you don't swerve and break at the same time. Default reflex is to change course and then brake, if course correction needed, release the brakes, then move some more in a better direction and then brake again. Modern ABS actually increases braking distance and that is why pro-drivers turn off ABS since they can do it better. But usually you learn in your extreme conditions training to focus on changing directions first and only later apply the brakes. I used to drive fast in the past and I noticed that the reflexes went out the door sometime later. Then one day I had one such accident that I could have prevented by doing my training once every 2 years. Though as noted - most normal drivers would have hit that lady and in a self-driving vehicle the likelihood goes down even more. [/QUOTE]

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