Hi everyone,
I had a scary incident today. I just got my camper this September, so not a lot of experience. FWC Fleet on a Tacoma. I am 45 and a good driver with all sorts of vehicles, so I am somewhat experienced driving in general.
I was going down a steep hill, slowly rolling down, then all of a sudden my ABS starts going and I speed up! Foot down as far as it will go, and I could not stop. I think my ABS kicked on prematurely and made things worse. But, not sure. I chose to keep my foot down on the brakes, and just 'ski' down the hill. The truck remained perfectly straight and in control other than the fact I could not stop. If someone was stopped in front of me, though, that would have been a serious problem.
Tires are KO2's with plenty of tread remaining. About 3 inches of snow.
Do I have any options in this situation?
I do actually have an ABS/Stability assist kill switch because of a different issue modified tacomas have, so I could have turned off my ABS. But who knows. Skidding sideways off the road would have been worse than what happened.
I had a scary incident today. I just got my camper this September, so not a lot of experience. FWC Fleet on a Tacoma. I am 45 and a good driver with all sorts of vehicles, so I am somewhat experienced driving in general.
I was going down a steep hill, slowly rolling down, then all of a sudden my ABS starts going and I speed up! Foot down as far as it will go, and I could not stop. I think my ABS kicked on prematurely and made things worse. But, not sure. I chose to keep my foot down on the brakes, and just 'ski' down the hill. The truck remained perfectly straight and in control other than the fact I could not stop. If someone was stopped in front of me, though, that would have been a serious problem.
Tires are KO2's with plenty of tread remaining. About 3 inches of snow.
Do I have any options in this situation?
I do actually have an ABS/Stability assist kill switch because of a different issue modified tacomas have, so I could have turned off my ABS. But who knows. Skidding sideways off the road would have been worse than what happened.