(highwayorsandysoilroad),road
conditions(wet,dry,frozen),tyre
tread,brakecondition,vehicle
weightandbrakeforce.
Avoiddepressingbrakepedal
suddenlyatunnecessarytime.Some
driversdriveirregularly,suchas
depressingthebrakepedalshortly
afterdepressingtheacceleration
pedal,insteadofkeepingpacewith
thevehicleflow.Thisisanincorrect
practice.Thebrakecannotget
cooleddownincontinualemergency
brakes.Frequentdepressingof
brakeirregularlymayspeedupthe
wearofthebrake.Keepingpace
withvehicleflowwithacertain
distancemay greatlyreduce
unnecessarybrakes, whichcan
improvebrakeeffectandlengthen
theservicelifeofthebrake.
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Turningunderemergentconditions
Sometimesturningismoreeffective
thanbrake.Forexample,youclimb
upaslopetofindthatabigtruckis
parkinginyourlane,oranother
vehiclecomesinfromsomewhere,
orachildrushesoutfromparking
vehiclesandstopsjustaheadofyou,
youmayusebraketoevadethese
obstacles,providedthatyoucanstop
yourvehicleintime.Sometimesyou
areunabletoachieveitasthereis
notsufficientspace.Atthistimeyou
needtotakeevadingmeasuresto
passaroundtheobstacles.
Undertheseemergentsituations,
yourvehiclewillpresentitspreemin
-entperformance.Firstdepress
brakepedal.RefertoBrakeinthis
chapter.
Youhadbetterdecelerateyour
vehicleifacollisionislikelytooccur.
Thenpassaroundtheobstacleby
turningtotheleftorrightaccording
toexistingspace.
Highconcentrationanddecisionare
requiredunderthisemergent
situation.Ifyouholdthesteering
wheelat9o'clockand3o'clock
positionsaccordingtotherecomm
-endedmethod,youcanturnthe
steeringwheelquicklyby180
degreeswithoutmovingahand.
Youmustdoitquicklyandturn
swiftly,andbringthewheelsto
normalpositionafterevadingthe
obstacle.
Infact,besuretodrivecautiously
withthesafetybeltfastenedsince
suchemergentsituationmayoccur
anytime.