Thursday, March 3, 2011

Overcorrecting can worsen crash

Mar. 3, 2011, Granville Sentinel

JESSICA ALAIMO
CentralOhio.com

Three seconds. That’s how much time a driver has to figure out what to do when a vehicle goes out of control.

While any other time the person likely could tell you how to handle the situation, now panic is setting in.

They should know not to hit the brakes. They do. They should know which way to turn the wheel. But they don’t.

While the Ohio Department of Public Safety does not keep data on it, in the past month, there have been at least 12 instances of serious crashes in Ohio where a driver overcorrected, according to various news reports.

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