Your car starts to skid on a slippery road. You should:
- Brake quickly and keep the wheel straight
- Lock your brakes until you have come to a complete stop
- Steer in the direction you want the front wheels to go ✓
- Steer toward the side of the road to get off the wet pavement
Answer: C. Steer in the direction you want the front wheels to go
Steer in the direction you want the front wheels to go.
Why this is the answer
The manual's skid recovery rule is to aim the steering wheel toward the direction the car is headed. A left slide calls for left steering; a right slide calls for right steering. For a front-wheel skid, it says to wait for traction to return, then point the wheel where you want to go. Hard braking with regular brakes is described as making things worse, so steering with the skid is the supported answer.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. Brake quickly and keep the wheel straight — Braking quickly and keeping the wheel straight goes against the manual's recovery method, and hard braking with regular brakes is said to make a skid worse.
- B. Lock your brakes until you have come to a complete stop — Locking your brakes until a full stop is not what the manual advises; it says to pump regular brakes carefully and keep steady pressure with ABS.
- D. Steer toward the side of the road to get off the wet pavement — Steering toward the side of the road to leave the wet pavement is not the skid rule; the manual says to steer in the direction the vehicle is trying to go, not off the pavement.
Remember it
Steer with the slide, not against it.