Yeah that eliminates at least 85% of the people, I would think the vast majority would end up wrapped around a tree or something
If they wouldn't normally, they would if they tried driving like I (sometimes) do. I love chucking the ass out sideways. I'm not sure how many people can recover properly from that - as I can get it out pretty sideways by using varied pressure on the gas pedal. It's a bit of a feat to get it going straight again.
That is not east to do. I remember one night I was driving my girlfriends car in a snow storm down the highway and it decided to go sideways and I turned to correct and it went sideways the other direction, so I corrected again and it went back sideways opposite again, and every time I tried to correct it would just go too far again and then came the curve in the road and I went sideways right into the ditch and up the embankment and the car stopped on its rooftop
Yeah, that sounds about right. From just reading that, it sounds like you over-corrected - which would be normal. That's what most people do when they think they know what they're doing. New drivers just steer wherever. It's easy to over-correct, way too easy.
But, if you'd had a long-enough straightaway, you probably would have figured it out and not bumped into anything.
I call it The Axl Rose Shuffle when I go back and forth like that. The name should kinda clue you in - it's a steady and rhythmic affair.
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