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How to Drive
I'm sure some people will wonder why I don't know this but, I don't.
I've been driving a 2003 Toyota 4Runner for just over a year now. This is the first vehicle I ever owned which has ABS brakes. Last winter while driving in a snow storm, I had the usual asshole pull out in front of me and I started to slide when I applied the brakes. Now, in the past, I would put my vehicle in neutral which has always allowed me to stop quicker. I thought the rule with ABS is just to push the brake and hold. Well, I tried this and nothing changed so I popped it into neutral. I stopped almost immediately avoiding smashing into the back of the asshole who is now in front of me.
The main reason I put the vehicle in neutral is to stop the wheels from being forcibly turned. It seems to me that a combination of neutral and ABS would work the best but I think the rule is press and hold.
Are the combination of ABS and neutral acceptable or does it affect the braking system?
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