From: utzoo!decvax!genradbo!grkermit!markm Newsgroups: net.auto Title: Re: Locking Brakes and Skids Article-I.D.: grkermit.270 Posted: Fri Jan 14 14:28:58 1983 Received: Sat Jan 15 08:19:29 1983 References: ihuxn.207 There is an alternate way of handling skids which I read about in Car & Driver a year ago. I have tried this and it does work. The technique is to basically lock the brakes and then steer out of trouble. Most American brakes are really out of alignment, so stopping smoothly in a limmited traction situation is real dicey. If all the brakes lock together, you will slide straight ahead. Then, once speed drops to where steering works again, let off the brake and simply steer around trouble. This is of course, an emergency action and will not help you when barreling through icey curves. Mark S. Miller GenRad, Concord MA