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There are many kinds of basic knowledge and skills of road braking. The braking skills will be different for different cars, different braking skills, and different roads. Even the same car, the same road, and different speeds also have different braking methods.

 

Basic knowledge:

1: The front wheel brake is faster than the rear wheel brake.

When braking during driving, the rear wheel can’t give you enough friction to stop faster, while the front wheel can. Because using the front brake during driving will turn the forward inertia of the car into a downward force. At this time, the front wheel will gain more friction than the rear wheel, and then stop faster.

2: The front wheel brake is safer than the rear wheel brake.

When driving with a little force (especially at high speed), the rear brakes will lock the rear wheels and cause side slip. As long as you don’t brake the front wheels with great force, there will be no side slip (of course, the road should be clean and the car should be upright)

3: The two-wheel brake is faster than the one-wheel brake.

4: Dry braking is faster than wet braking.

Braking on dry roads is faster than on roads with water, because water will form a water film between the tire and the ground, and the water film will reduce the friction between the tire and the ground. To put it another way, wet tyres have many more grooves than dry tyres. This can reduce the generation of water film to a certain extent.

5: The asphalt pavement is faster than the cement pavement.

Cement pavement has less friction on tires than asphalt pavement. Especially when there is water on the ground. Because asphalt pavement is coarser than cement pavement.

6: Please don’t try to brake.

The requirement of braking is higher for the car, and also for the driver. Of course, you can try it, but braking is of little significance for road vehicles.

7: Please don’t brake in the curve.

In the curve, the adhesion of the tire to the ground is already very small. Braking slightly will cause sideslip and crash.

 

Basic skills:

1: The braking force of the front wheel must be greater than that of the rear wheel at high speed.

2: The force of front wheel brake must not make the front wheel lock at high speed.

3: When braking uphill, the braking force of the front wheel can be appropriately larger.

When going uphill, the front wheel is higher than the rear wheel, so the front brake can use more force properly.

4: When braking downhill, the braking force of the rear wheels can be appropriately larger.

5: During emergency braking, the braking force is slightly less than the locking force.

Because, after the tire is locked, the friction will be reduced. The maximum friction of the tire is generated when the tire is about to lock, but there is no critical point of locking

6: When braking on slippery roads, the rear wheels should brake before the front wheels.

If you use the front brake first on a slippery road, it is likely that the front wheel will lock up, and the result is that you will definitely fall, and the rear wheel will lock up, (as long as the frame of the car is upright and the front of the car is upright) you will not fall.


Post time: Feb-17-2023