Oversteer, Understeer and Steering out of Them
Can you explain the difference between oversteering and understeering? Fortunately, Kayser Chevrolet Buick can. Our related tips will help you drive safer around Sauk City, WI.
When your car's rear tries to come around its front, that's oversteering. Rear-wheel-drive cars are likelier to oversteer. Front-wheel-drive cars are likelier to do the opposite, understeer. While an oversteering car can't safely round a turn due to a sloppy rear end, an understeering car travels in a straight line that defies its turned steering wheel.
Whether you're oversteering or understeering, you have lost a crucial element of safe automobile travel, traction. You need to find new traction without panicking. As soon as you notice your vehicle oversteering or understeering, release your gas pedal. Critically, you must not move your foot to your brake pedal. Trust your steering skills, and steadily move your front wheels into the direction of your skid. Given enough time and space, your tires will regain their grip, and you'll be able to safely steer again.