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Yes, if there is no ABS then pump brakes on ice for better stopping distance (ABS simply does this automatically) As with anything, practise will let you develop a feel for how the car responds. Very often, not braking at all is better, and will let you steer through trouble, even though it's counter-intuitive and very hard to resist braking once you start to slide. Good Luck
by The Chief on February 22nd, 2010
Eh...it depends.
The main thing pumping your brakes does is enhance your CONTROL. When you lock up your wheels, you cannot steer your vehicle no matter how you turn the wheel. Pumping your brakes allows you to get some braking action while maintaining some ability to steer your vehicle.
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You're reading on ice, does pumping the brakes reduce stopping distance vs locking brakes? there is no ABS. I'm asking about distance, not about steering
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Thanks. I do practice alot. It's also even worse when I drive stick cause my initial reactin is to hit the clutch and that in a way can be just as bad because in a turn if the wheels turn to sharply then I hit the clutch the wheels won't pull the car around the turn and I end upslidding straight anyways....
Then again the good driver never let's the situation go beyond their control...
Basicly, don't drive fast on ice and give four times the braking distance
by TM50caliber on February 22nd, 2010