How To Stop Your Car In An Emergency 6 Steps With Pictures

In cars with ABS, especially in slippery conditions, intervals of howling, screeching or squashing tires can be heard, alongside with pulsation in the pedal, jerks to the steering and chassis, as well as loud noises. This is normal and is indicating that the system is doing its job, slowing you down efficiently, under control, allowing better handling and less wear on the tires. In cars without ABS, a strong and constant squeal or splash sound will be emitted from the tires. The wheel will tighten up, jerk and suddenly feel lighter. There might also be a bit of smoke. The wear of the tires will not be too hard, especially in the wet. The car will not swerve or spin, since the inertia is pushing it forward. In road conditions which are slippery, or in split-grip (when two wheels are on a different surface, like a gravel or grassy shoulder), the front of the car might pull slightly sideways, but the car as a whole will keep on sliding dead ahead to a quick stop.

With ABS, brake as hard as possible, and turn as normal while braking. Without ABS, brake moderately hard (about 70%) and release the brake to turn. If youre already in a turn, don’t brake too hard or you’ll lock up the wheels and be unable to steer. {“smallUrl”:“https://www. wikihow. com/images/thumb/2/23/Stop-Your-Car-in-an-Emergency-Step-5-Version-2. jpg/v4-460px-Stop-Your-Car-in-an-Emergency-Step-5-Version-2. jpg”,“bigUrl”:"/images/thumb/2/23/Stop-Your-Car-in-an-Emergency-Step-5-Version-2. jpg/aid703033-v4-728px-Stop-Your-Car-in-an-Emergency-Step-5-Version-2. jpg",“smallWidth”:460,“smallHeight”:345,“bigWidth”:728,“bigHeight”:546,“licensing”:"<div class="mw-parser-output">

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