If you find yourself in a skid:
* Slowly ease your foot off the accelerator.
* Turn the steering wheel in the direction the rear of the car is skidding.
* As soon as the vehicle’s path begins to straighten, turn the steering wheel back the other way so you will not over-steer.
The section about skidding says ^^^ that.
However, I'm slightly confused about just which way the wheel is supposed to turn. In fact, if the car is spinning in, say, a clockwise direction, then does that mean the back of the car is spinning to the right or to the left?
Please help, I'm sure you can understand why I want to pass this test. Thank you!
Normally, just the back of your car is going to skid. It's called "fishtailing." The book is right, do what it says. When you turn the wheel in the direction of the fishtail, you are basically moving the front with it parallel to the road until your back wheels get a grip.
To the left for clockwise. However in the real world cars/SUV's will always spin counterclock wise unless you are going right.
If the car is turning clockwise, or the front going right, back going left, you need to turn toward the direction of travel, or left. Front going left back going right, turn right.Try to find a youtube video of "dirt track racing" for a reference, you'll notice they turn towards the direction the rear wheels are sliding. I hate these things, I have to have a CDL, and a NCCCO crane license, I feel your pain. Read the book 3 or four times, by the time you get through it the fourth time, you'll be able to take it sleeping.
if your spinning right turn right same for left