Negotiating Bends

When approaching bends try to see as far as possible ahead of them, to notice on-coming traffice. Reduce speed to within comfortable limits of your ability to counteract any skid

When reducing speed, glance at the rear mirror to see that you have not reduce your speed too dratically for any following vehicle to hit you from behind

Understand the characteristic of your vehicle when accelerating or decelerating to apply acceletation at the optimum moment for controllability