Wouldn't downshifting into a lower gear to engine-brake and letting off the
brakes help the situation?

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From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
Of Rico Sapolich
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 9:05 AM
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Subject: Re: A Snow Story (Whoa-vanagon!!!) and Lessons Learned

In a message dated 1/10/02 9:48:22 AM, MSTEBBIN@MSVU1.MSVU.CA writes:

<< I was musing the other day about what would
happen IF!, when going downhill, and the rear of the van skidding
out to the side -- What would happen if the driver were to apply the
parking brake - either a lot or a little.  Seems to me that the resulting
drag (from applying the parking brake) >>

When the ass-end is sliding, the wheels have already stopped turning, so,
other than eliminating any possibility of recovering from the slide, jacking
on the emergency brake would only be an exercise in futility.

Rich