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What is the most effective way to recover from any kind of skid?
Correct answer: Get the tires to grip the road again.
Answer options
- ACountersteer and step on the gas.
- BGet the tires to grip the road again. Correct
- CBrake using the stab or controlled method.
Why
A skid begins when tires lose their grip on the road, so it ends only once they grip again. Anything that restores traction, such as easing off the brake or the accelerator, is how you stop every type of skid.
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