Emergency braking - dip the clutch?

[tinkerbell]

PLUS 'gearing down' will only help slow you down if you have an old car or really craphouse brakes...

[Nafe]

Clutch in, it's just an instinctive thing.

[0x2DLVR]

sorry, but this thread is not about heavy braking at all...

What you brake lightly in an emergency do you?

[rowdytoot]

I'd say this /\/\/\ is the reason for this \/\/\/

[Bill and Ted]
like, totally, dude!
[/Bill and Ted]

Rowds

[fro]

I clutch in for emergency braking.

Mainly, it's got to do with being able to move quickly after coming to an emergency stop. Emergency stopping in traffic is dicey at the best of times, and if you don't end up with a pecker in your date during a panic stop on the street, you will if you're stuck stationery for any length of time. Doing Stay Upright/Roadcraft courses on motorcycles, this was what I was taught, and I think it has just as much relevance in any vehicle.

[0x2DLVR]

PLUS 'gearing down' will only help slow you down if you have an old car or really craphouse brakes...

You must not drive very hard a lot then. Or always let your ABS do the job for you

[rowdytoot]

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I can feel a flamewar comin' on!
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[80DGY]

You must not drive very hard a lot then. Or always let your ABS do the job for you

This will be good :D

[tinkerbell]

What you brake lightly in an emergency do you?

no, but i brake heavily in non-emergencies...


BIG difference between "braking heavily" and "emergency braking"

[smellytofu]

You must not drive very hard a lot then. Or always let your ABS do the job for you

Not everyone drives like a bat-out-of-hell on the roads.

[tinkerbell]

You must not drive very hard a lot then. Or always let your ABS do the job for you

the only place i remove the ABS fuse is on the circuit,

you would have to be an idiot to disable ABS on the road...

[0x2DLVR]

no, but i brake heavily in non-emergencies...


BIG difference between "braking heavily" and "emergency braking"

So we all sometimes brake heavily in non-emergencies and in emergencies not a big deal. Same thing really

[mizone]

I always thought clutch in as theres a better chance of keeping the engine running, which you may need so that you can come back onto power again if needed.

[0x2DLVR]

the only place i remove the ABS fuse is on the circuit,

you would have to be an idiot to disable ABS on the road...

I don't remove my ABS fuse on the track or on the road. But you can brake quicker on the point of not letting the ABS kick in than just trying to mash the pedal into the floor

[tinkerbell]

well, you are entitled to your opinion,

but in my opinion, i brake very differently in an emergency than when pushing to cut a few tenths at wakie...

first and foremost - i leave the clutch OUT when hitting the anchors at 180km/h at the kink....