A driving instructor's advice on how to react to emergency braking
When driving on a road in Spain, complicated situations can arise in which drivers don't know how to react. One of the most common is encountering an obstacle or a traffic accident on the road , which forces us to take an avoidance maneuver: emergency braking .
The most important thing is to respond calmly in such a situation to avoid further risks. The question always arises as to how to perform emergency braking, whether or not it's necessary to apply the clutch pedal and the brake pedal fully. However, a driving instructor has offered a series of tips on how to react to this maneuver.
How to react to emergency brakingIt was through a video from the Merinero Driving School in which an instructor shared some tips for reacting to emergency braking. The first thing he says is that we should fully depress the brake pedal . "If our car has ABS , what it will do is prevent the wheels from locking ," he explains. The instructor continues his explanation by saying that "the sensation we will feel on the pedal is that it will bounce upwards and a vibration ." After this, he assures us that we have to remain calm because "by not locking the wheels, it prevents skidding."
If your car doesn't have this system, the driving instructor says you should " press the brake without locking the wheels to prevent the vehicle from skidding."
The Anti-lock Braking System (ABS) , according to RACE, is a system "that prevents the wheels from locking during emergency braking, allowing the car to be controlled and avoiding a loss of stability and a possible accident." The first car to have this system was a 1978 Mercedes-Benz .
After many years of testing and improvements, initially only fitted to luxury cars, it became a mandatory safety feature for new cars in Europe in 2003. RACE claims its main function is "to prevent the wheels from losing traction and skidding without being able to control the steering."
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