Cadence Braking.

[Freeweel]

I don't think it's now relevant to cars, because we've all got ABS. But I do use cadence braking on my 28mm bicycle tyres, which can lock up rather easily on steep downhill Devon gradients. I've found double declutching to be a rather less transferrable skill.

 

[Alex321]

No it’s bollix. Completely unnecessary and potentially a dangerous habit if you really need to stop in a hurry. Also logically it couldn’t work. The amount of deceleration is proportional to the heat generated. If your car is carrying X joules of kinetic energy, then to stop the brakes need to dissipate X Joules in heat. Doing it in chunks of harder braking dissipates the same heat as braking steadily.
What does help is braking over a longer time, i.e anticipating and slowing gradually.

It is only unnecessary if you have ABS (which basically does it automatically).

Though the reason given for "avoiding overheating" is complete rubbish. You do it because hard braking will cause the wheels to skid, and once skidding they are hardly slowing you and you have no directional control. Cadence braking gives back control of steering and helps you slow don at the most efficient rate.