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1928Pickuppain · 06-23-2010, 11:46 AM

I did the same thing in my 2001 Jeep wrangler with good tires and good brakes the grownd was wet and trafic was moving along at a good flow and the idiot in front on me slamed on his brakes for a squral. I tryed to brake and just locked them up. I let go as soon as they locked and was able to stear around him but ended up off the side of the road no ditch no role over, but almost the same thing . I was awake paying attenchion and a 1-1/2 cars leanth behind him going at 35-40 MPH.

There are 3 parts to brakeing, people just dont seem to think about. pressure to grownd (Weight) shear pressure of conecting materals (tires to asphalt) and area of conection Trier width. The tires you have need to beable to take the weight of you vehicle without rubber shearing of once the tires lock Brakeing is more about the tires than the mechanism if you have a tire that is two soft such as a cheep India made tire the tire will share rubber at a much greater rate and at a much lower speed than a tire with more density and a stronger chemical bond. If your tires are two hard such as when the rubber gets old and luses its resistanal Properties It will also then shear at a grate rate. the mechanism behind the tiers is the smaller of the wwo facter. Physics my friends.

06-23-2010, 11:46 AM	#47
1928Pickuppain Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Billerica, Ma Posts: 461	Re: Two Model A's drive off the road today in French Lick to avoid hittings cars in f I did the same thing in my 2001 Jeep wrangler with good tires and good brakes the grownd was wet and trafic was moving along at a good flow and the idiot in front on me slamed on his brakes for a squral. I tryed to brake and just locked them up. I let go as soon as they locked and was able to stear around him but ended up off the side of the road no ditch no role over, but almost the same thing . I was awake paying attenchion and a 1-1/2 cars leanth behind him going at 35-40 MPH. There are 3 parts to brakeing, people just dont seem to think about. pressure to grownd (Weight) shear pressure of conecting materals (tires to asphalt) and area of conection Trier width. The tires you have need to beable to take the weight of you vehicle without rubber shearing of once the tires lock Brakeing is more about the tires than the mechanism if you have a tire that is two soft such as a cheep India made tire the tire will share rubber at a much greater rate and at a much lower speed than a tire with more density and a stronger chemical bond. If your tires are two hard such as when the rubber gets old and luses its resistanal Properties It will also then shear at a grate rate. the mechanism behind the tiers is the smaller of the wwo facter. Physics my friends.