Accelerating and braking at the same time: Women's dangerous habit of destroying motorbikes

Vietnam is a country that mainly uses motorbikes, with more than 3 million motorbikes sold each year. However, there are still many bad habits when riding motorbikes that people may or may not know about.

One of the extremely harmful habits that most women have when riding a motorbike is accelerating and braking at the same time.

It's very simple to recognize women who often have this bad habit: when moving on the road, the car's brake lights are always on even during the day when the car's lights are not on.

This is a sign that the driver is always performing two actions at the same time: accelerating and braking for automatic vehicles or braking for manual vehicles.

The objective factor leading to this habit is that moving in the city with high traffic density, drivers (especially women) are always ready to brake because of weak reflexes, afraid of collision with the vehicles in front.

In addition, many women are not mentally stable, when an accident occurs they cannot control themselves, so they both turn the throttle and brake. In many cases, the user suddenly releases the brake, causing the vehicle to jump forward, which is extremely dangerous for themselves and those around them.

Once it becomes a habit, squeezing the brake and accelerating at the same time will make the motorbike consume a lot more gas, the sensitivity of the brake will decrease because the brake pads wear out quickly... The engine will also deteriorate in a short time because the machine is always under pressure when accelerating but cannot move.

To limit this bad habit, safe driving experts advise that:

- Pay attention to observe and judge the situation, avoid braking while steering, this can easily cause you to lose control and fall.

- Before braking, always have the reflex to reduce the throttle, avoid braking and accelerating at the same time, which will cause the car to not be able to stop.

- When braking, you should learn to use both brakes (even if the vehicle has a combi-brake system because this system is only for support purposes) with just enough braking force to avoid the situation where only using one brake will not achieve the desired effect.

- In particular, using only one brake on a scooter is very dangerous, because most of the time it is the front brake and the weight distribution on the rear wheel can easily cause the vehicle to skid due to the large inertia.