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Originally Posted by Dackelone
just hit that animal... the damage will be much less than trying a rapid lane change... where most drivers will over correct a few times and loose it on the 2nd or third "fish tail".
[...]The BEST thing to do is to LOOK where you want to go... NOT what you are about to HIT! Like that 70 kph speed limit sign(in this thread)! It is just like shooting a gun... you have to look at what you want to hit... IF you look at that tree or sign pole... that is what your gonna hit! So look at where you want your car to go!
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Collision avoidance. That's also what I was taught: try to resist the natural panic reflex to look at obstacles, but look where you wanna go. A policeman once told me that he was amazed by the number of accidents he had witnessed where a car ended up around a lonely tree or a pole on a long stretch, instead of in the ditch next to it (those who managed to regain control never got an accident and thus never required any police intervention, of course).
"By focusing on the tree, you'll risk ending up on it - you gotta look where you want your car to go".
See also:
http://www.wikihow.com/Avoid-an-Obst...ce-Without-ABS (How to Avoid an Obstacle on a Slippery Surface Without ABS):
"Look where you want the car to go (the solution) and not at the obstacle (the problem). This will allow you to steer away from the obstacle and to get over the urge to stay on the brakes. The way to do this is:
- shake your whole head away from the obstacle: this will force your eyes to follow.
- focus on a visual target down the road in which you seek to escape."
Of course, that's easier said than done, once you get into an emergency situation...