#LifeProTip:
On icy roads, four wheel drive does not mean four wheel stop 😂
Discussion
my dad mhrip always said
"all cars have four wheel braking"
Facts don't care about your theories. You factually do stop faster in 4wd. This has be replicated by multiple rally schools in multiple vehicles.
Of course, both are still far longer distances than dry pavement.
This is true if on a sheet of ice with no traction?
There is never 0 friction.
Fair enough.
I’ll admit it wasn’t a particularly well thought out note. I just had observed some vehicles going quite fast down an icy hill and losing control and dashed out what I thought was a witty statement 🤷♂️
Understood. I like science done right, tested and replicated, and this was a great opportunity to correct a common myth with facts proven by the scientific method.
I was once driving my truck in a snow storm taking my time and being safe. A woman in a midsize SUV passed me on the highway and her brake discs were glowing from how hard the traction control was working to keep her going straight.
I don't know if she made it. I imagine that drive cost her a few hundred dollars in new brakes at a minimum.
I know someone will think hospital hearing that story, but it happened just past the exit for the nearest hospital, going away from the hospital not toward it.
Though I didn’t know that in other conditions it had a positive effect on braking. Thanks for setting the record straight