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This technique is well worth learning. It has kept me out of trouble a few times. Bill Clark '72 Squareback Phoenix, AZ At 07:57 AM 9/8/97 PDT, Toby Erkson wrote: .... >I know this isn't what you wanted to hear but there is another part of the >braking system you CAN change, the part that controls it...YOU! It is >difficult to remember and implement, especially when under the sudden >stress of a situation, but I've done it on both my cars and it's proven to >work by every driving school and professional driver in the world (it's >exactly how ABS systems work as well): Pump your brakes while stopping. > >As you are stopping you want to bring your car to the brink, the very edge, >of skidding but actually don't. When you sense the car beginning to lock >up you quickly release the pressure a LITTLE AMOUNT to keep the brakes from >locking. You then reapply the brakes until you sense them beginning to >lock up again, then you release. Repeat the cycle until you no longer need >to emergency brake. ..... > Toby Erkson > air_cooled_nut@pobox.com > '72 VW Squareback 1.6L bored and stroked to 2.0L > '75 Porsche 914 1.8L NOT for sale > Portland, Oregon > http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/8501/