Most experts agree that you should either swerve or brake — but not both at the same time — to avoid an accident.
It’s an age-old driving question. Do I brake or swerve to avoid an accident? It’s a tough choice with only microseconds to figure it all out.
In the widest sense, most experts agree that you should either swerve or brake — but not both at the same time — to avoid a crash. It’s also actually better in most instances to avoid full power on the brake pedal and keep that ability to steer through danger when your speed is finally reduced. In the right scenario, swerving may be the best choice in order to avoid hitting a pedestrian or other vulnerable road user. Swerving into or running into the back of another car is generally preferable to running over a person. At least that other vehicle has a steel cage around its occupants — a pedestrian or a cyclist does not.
While it may be an instinctual move on the part of a human to swerve or duck out of danger, that instinct when coupled with driving at speed can lead to several serious problems. This also applies to avoiding wildlife. Numerous studies have shown that more damage and injury is caused by swerving to avoid animals on the road. Some experts though do make a swerving exception around hitting a very large animal like a moose or an elk as their massive bodies can crash right through car windshields, often totalling the vehicles and severely injuring occupants.Your tire blows out. First step is to stay calm. Get a firm grip, not a death grip, on the steering wheel.
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