Post by: trtom on October 01, 2017, 10:54:16 pm
http://metro.co.uk/2017/09/30/heart-stopping-video-of-near-miss-will-make-you-want-to-throw-up-6967790/
Post by: Kai96 on October 02, 2017, 12:26:49 am
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Post by: richtung on October 02, 2017, 07:44:06 am
For those who are more knowledgeable in these things, The car in the video appears to lose control from the back end - is this why its advised that new tyres should always be fitted to the rear?
Thanks
Rich
Post by: shaunK on October 02, 2017, 08:36:36 am
Hats off to the bus driver mind
Post by: MIJ_JAGGER on October 02, 2017, 02:07:38 pm
Swerved it like a boss, indicated too
Post by: gtipirelli on October 02, 2017, 03:11:06 pm
Makes me wonder if there was some sort of fault and whether mine would do the same thing
Alternatively the driver maybe panicked when he saw the cars in front almost come to a standstill and hit the brakes hard including pulling the handbrake. All guesswork on my behalf and could be a million miles from what actually happened
Amazing no one got hurt given it was a stationery car in the fast lane
Post by: Bodyboarder81 on October 02, 2017, 06:16:19 pm
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Post by: gtipirelli on October 03, 2017, 03:40:32 pm
Post by: pudding on October 03, 2017, 04:19:19 pm
And it's hard to see exactly what happened from that sh1tty little gif clip anyway. Is there a full clip of it somewhere showing events leading up to it?
Assuming there were no ESP/ABS faults, no ESP system will rescue you once you get it sideways. ESP is there to help recover you from moderate paced 'moments', not full on jumping on the brakes at motorway speeds. If he stood on the brakes at motorway speeds with a bit of steering lock to avoid a stopped car, it would do a 180 quite easily.....even in the dry.
Post by: gtipirelli on October 03, 2017, 07:23:09 pm
I have actually recently been to the Porsche silverstone experience and we were doing exactly that in Macans, caymans and 911’s.
In the little gif we see, the rear brakes totally lock which is very odd
Post by: spesh on October 03, 2017, 07:27:13 pm
Post by: pudding on October 04, 2017, 09:10:45 am
I understood that the whole point of ABS was to allow you to jump on the brakes and steer around an object
I have actually recently been to the Porsche silverstone experience and we were doing exactly that in Macans, caymans and 911’s.
In the little gif we see, the rear brakes totally lock which is very odd
Depends how severe the weight transfer is but likely the ABS wasn't working if they locked up in a straight line.
Post by: Rossimac on October 04, 2017, 11:56:17 am
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Post by: Kalpsn2000 on October 10, 2017, 01:59:59 pm
Looked very odd for that to happen.
Great reaction by the guy behind the GTI, was lucky for the space to the left!!