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Go pull a handbrake on a highway speed simulating an emergency situation and then report back. I'll wait.
I've done it. With the once-upon-a-time-cars it was just a metal wire connected to the drum brakes, you could easily modulate it.
moving the goalposts already are we?
There are only two reasons to pull the emergency brake in a moving vehicle: either you're messing around and making the car fishtail was the desired outcome, or your regular brakes failed and you need to stop fast instead of just coasting to a halt. In the latter case, the vast majority of people will lose control of the car immediately and it will be absolutely terrifying experience.
...what about handbrake turns?
That's the messing around part.
Was probably being too literal. Handbrake turns aren’t fishtailing and while I’ve only ever done them to mess around, they’re also used in rally and whatnot
Edit: I searched and while I always heard fishtailing used for uncontrolled rear slippage, it seems it can also just refer to oversteer? Didn’t know
Yeah I'm not a native english speaker so I'm not sure about the correct terminology. Oversteer is probably better one here.
how dare someone drive in a manner you disapprove of and then not get in an accident.
I genuinely have no clue what you're even disagreeing with.
nor do i. well i do, i just don't understand why.