Skid recovery — Wyoming Permit Test

Skid recovery on the Wyoming permit test — 4 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.

The rules

In a skid, stop doing what started it: if you slammed on the brakes, ease up on them.

Locked wheels cannot steer, and letting the brakes off lets the tires roll and grip again.

If you slammed on the brakes, ease up on them.

Wyoming Rules of the Road Driver License Manual, p.81

If you skid because you accelerated too fast, ease up on the gas pedal and do not apply the brakes.

Braking during a power skid adds a second loss of grip to the first.

If you accelerated too fast, ease up on the gas pedal.

Wyoming Rules of the Road Driver License Manual, p.81

In a skid, steer to keep going straight down the road, and be careful not to oversteer.

Jerking the wheel too far swings the back of the car the other way and starts a second skid.

to keep going straight down the road.

Wyoming Rules of the Road Driver License Manual, p.82

With anti-lock (ABS) brakes in an emergency, press down hard on the brake pedal, hold it and steer; pumping the brakes or easing off turns the ABS off.

ABS pumps the brakes far faster than you can, but only while you keep steady pressure on the pedal.

All drivers need to do is press down hard on the brake pedal, hold it and steer out of danger.

Wyoming Rules of the Road Driver License Manual, p.82

On the test

If you skid after slamming on the brakes, what should you do?

Ease up on the brakes. Locked wheels cannot steer, and letting the brakes off lets the tires roll and grip again. Wyoming Rules of the Road Driver License Manual, p.81: “If you slammed on the brakes, ease up on them.”

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Where these come from

Every rule here is checked against Wyoming Rules of the Road Driver License Manual, published by the Wyoming Department of Transportation, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-10-04.