Actually, now that ALBS are so ubiquitous, I think the thing to do is jam on your breaks and let the car handle the pump breaking as it can do a better job at it than the driver can.
Buddy breathing is an optional skill for open water certification. It is still required for divemaster or instructor certifications.
A second regulator, known as an octopus in dive lingo, is the rule now. There are a few versions that integrate with the BC inflator that would require the donating diver to give up the reg from his mouth and switch to his own backup since the alternate’s hose isn’t long enough to donate to his buddy*.
- That’s what *she *said.
Target fixation, particularly while driving. Look away from the hazard and find an escape route, because the instinct to focus your attention on it increases the odds of hitting it.
And if you don’t have ABS and need to swerve to avoid an object, the instinct to slam on the brakes is exactly wrong because the wheels will lock up and be unable to turn. Swerve, then brake.
Actually, this is instinctive. Say your rear wheels are sliding to the right. That will cause your car to turn left, so your instinct will be to turn right to counteract this. It’s when your front wheels are sliding that your instincts are wrong (as I’ve already mentioned here).
Yep. Veering away from any animal smaller than a cow or maybe a large hog is a terrible idea. The Fellow is currently teaching the teen girl to drive, and I’m already dreading the day she comes home in tears because he won’t let her swerve to miss a squirrel or a possum (or worse.)
If the fire alarm sounds, leave the building. Do not assume that it is a false alarm
… which is also why you should rush a gun, even though people in that situation typically don’t have a gun of their own and are in an even worse position to defend themselves. Similarly, you can outrun a knife, unless your assailant is a trained knife-thrower. Of course, getting into a knife fight with a knife-thrower is still a bad idea, so running away is still your best option.
Also, “prevenging” is a very Skald the Rhymer word and I’m going to use it in some time-travel scenario one of these days.
If you are in the middle of turning left, and a car rounds a blind curve at double the speed limit aimed dead center toward T-boning you… don’t hit the brake.
Hit the Accelerator… Hard.
When you step off a curb in England don’t look left.
I don’t care if an ambusher has a gun or a knife - this unarmed dude would be better off scramming.
Despite the known risks involved, I would probably do so anyway. Unless of course there’s flames shooting out every window and a huge fireball blows out the front doors off its hinges.
But better having your hand breaking your fall than your head. If only it was that easy going into a nice military roll every time you bailed.
Any thing smaller than a medium sized truck or SUV, I will totally swerve around a deer. In a sedan or coupe I’ll put my money on ability to maneuver safely over my chances with a deer’s ass coming through the windshield.
This is the first thing I thought of when I read the OP.
When a deer jumps out onto the road ahead of you, hit the damn thing. Don’t swerve.
Dropping another hit of acid a half hour after the first because you’re not feeling any effects yet.
Chasing a grizzly bear away from your lunch.
Chasing tornadic storms … seriously … why?
Yup. As long as there is no other vehicle traffic around you.
If you are holding a sharp knife in your hand and walking with it, blade held out in front of you, and the tip tonks into something unexpectedly, with the result that the knife stops moving and is sliding backwards through your surprised hand, DO NOT respond to that by reflexively tightening your grip on it.
Thanks, great responses so far - but I must nitpick that some of the responses aren’t about instinctive responses, they’re about foolish responses - i.e., trying to take video of a tornado or ignoring a fire alarm.
Well, you should always look both ways, but your comment formed some sort of Monty Pythonesque “Unless thou shalt also looketh unto the right” routine.
That would be my response, immediately!
What’s a more sensible response?
When rock climbing and some one above you yells ‘below!’
Don’t look up to see what they are shouting about.
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When changing directions on a motorcycle, you turn the handle bars to the opposite direction you want to go. It’s called Countersteering.
Countersteering is motorcycling’s best kept secret for some unfathomable reason. It’s one of the first things that they teach you in the MSF course, but I know LOTS of experienced motorcyclists that have no idea about the mechanism of turning. They sort of do it subconsciously by muscle memory. I remember reading a magazine article written by an professional motorcycle journalist who was surprised to learn about countersteering.
This bit of ignorance kills tons of motorcyclists every year. Go too hot into a corner, and you don’t know how to get more lean angle out of the bike and tighten your turn radius. They don’t leave the road because they lose traction, they leave the road going wide with the bike fully in control. It’s like trying to drive a car if you only know how to turn the steering wheel 30degrees.