>  I recently said that the cure for trailer fishtailing was to
>  accelerate. In fact that was the opposite of what my brain
>  was trying to make my fingers say.
>  The correct response is (my brain insists) to brake hard.
>  Not intuitive. And partially but not well supported by a
>  Gargoyle search - so may be wrong. May also depend on
>  whether the trailer has override brakes and whether you
>  brake as the combo is in a straight line (mid fishtail).

Accelerating will stop fishtailing trailers.  (unevenly loaded 5x9 and
jeep cherokee over the Tappan-Zee bridge)  Light braking will stop it
as well. Panic stop without trailer brakes would stop the car, but the
trailer might come around.


>         Russell

andrew
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