sit on your hands first, and work out what the hell is going on
Isn't it weird. Cars are supposed to be safer (
ground-borne at least, and not as fast), yet if something serious happens you'll seldom have time to work out anything much. I've done a nice carousel with an SUV in sleet, stopped at the brink of a not-so-very-deep slope (just 2-3 m, but still...), almost on the road with the front (I even thought I might be the weight making the difference, and should I get out at all), and the two things I thought were - how could it happen so FAST (speed maybe only 45 km/h or so, the weather and road were real youknowwhat) and it wasn't anything about MY skills that stopped me where I did.
Afterwards we tried to analyse it and I must have missed the last jerk with the steering wheel to stabilise the back or it must have been too late.
And it was only a car.
That is to say I really liked the
If I'm going to plough in then I'm going to plough in doing it right.