Kimosabe wrote: On such a modern car being driven within speed limits on tarmac roads, is it still necessary to brake before a corner or bend and if so why?
Kimosabe wrote:My 4x4 has all the bells and whistles including ABS, presets for various surfaces, ESP etc etc. As it is capable of being driven off road, it is more than capable of managing cornering on Tarmac at reasonable speeds.
I am a good driver and the evidence for this is my near 30 years of untarnished motoring, without any further training than my basic test. Before I enrolled with the IAM I had never driven into anything while turning a corner and had never skidded off a road due to excess speed but my biggest hang up comes when trying to fix something which was not broken. I'm putting a lot of effort into not braking when cornering than I think I need to.
The 'never brake when cornering mantra' seems defunct in a car with ABS because even when i floor the brake pedal, the brakes won't lock, the wheels will turn and the car can still be steered. On such a modern car being driven within speed limits on tarmac roads, is it still necessary to brake before a corner or bend and if so why?
Kimosabe wrote:I am a good driver and the evidence for this is my near 30 years of untarnished motoring, without any further training than my basic test......... my biggest hang up comes when trying to fix something which was not broken.
zadocbrown wrote:Kimosabe wrote:I am a good driver and the evidence for this is my near 30 years of untarnished motoring, without any further training than my basic test......... my biggest hang up comes when trying to fix something which was not broken.
In answer to your specific question - we need to say firmly that 'Never' braking on a bend is NOT the aim.
Kimosabe wrote:Okay so it's the AD way to go in slow - fast out, with a constant speed around a corner.
TripleS wrote:Kimosabe wrote:Okay so it's the AD way to go in slow - fast out, with a constant speed around a corner.
That, in total, sounds a bit tricky to me.
Silk wrote:kfae8959 wrote:I think Triple is reflecting on the logic, not the practice!
David
Who knows what goes on in that mind of his?
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