Quote Originally Posted by speedminded
General counter steering yes, as in the rear kicks out a little and you react to it but if you're in an all out slide or drift there is no possible way you can keep two hands on the wheel and still maintain control unless you have an insane steering quickener with lock to lock being like 180°. If the rear seriously lets go and you keep two hands on a wheel you normally can't turn it far enough to prevent a spin and there is no way you can bring it back fast enough to the point needed to maintain control and doing it without over correcting. The wheel will straighten itself out, countersteer as needed and keep a steady throttle (or lay into it depending on the power and tires the car has).

I've watched countless in-car race video's and you can tell before it happens who's going to crash or be in the kitty litter just from their reactions when the rear steps out.

I always get called out on mtn. runs for using one hand through blind turns...one on the steering wheel and one on the shift knob. I always look as far through the inside corner of a turn as possible so if there does happen to be a bicycle or obstruction in the road you can react fast enough to it. With two hands on the wheel there is no way you can downshift, brake, and steer at the same time. The time it takes to get from the wheel to the shift knob may be that extra second needed to avoid a collision. After twelve years of running in the mtns and never once had a close call because of it.
by both hands i mean alternating wrists as you turn... not gripping tight with both palms!

"With two hands on the wheel there is no way you can downshift, brake, and steer at the same time. The time it takes to get from the wheel to the shift knob may be that extra second needed to avoid a collision."

you dont need to. Car controls are such where you hold the wheel with both hands at the right momenents and the shift knob to change gear for that "very short moment!"

About that extra second to avoid collision.... What exactly does putting your hand down to shift change from either braking or accelerating and streering during an incident? I feel that, if you need to shift during a turn, then do it! We dont have three arms so its impossible to shift with both hands steering but i dont think that "second to shift" is as dramatic as you say. With enough practice at using both hands you #1 cut that second down and #2 you are most alert if you need to do something (shift, steer, brake, acc, whatever).