IS there a good answer to the question of what to do when the tail wags the dog??
Short answer no!
A lot of factors can lead to the situation where you suddenly become aware that you have a problem, and they vary from trying to change a CD, retuning the radio, lighting a fag, etc, etc, eg lack of concentration in what you are doing. The extreme is a tyre blow out but in my opinion most are caused through a lack of concentration.
Best advise I was given and I pass on when asked is dont panic, dont do anything rushed, DONT brake, DONT accelerate, DONT try and correct the wag with the steering. Try and hold the steering wheel as steady as you can, if going around a curve you need to try and maintain that curve, otherwise if going straight try and keep straight
keeping a little power on is better than a rapid deceleration through taking the foot completely off the loud pedal but try not to put more power on.
Hopefully now you are concentrating 100% with sweat poping out on your forehead with you too scared to take your rigid locked arms off the wheel to wipe the stinging in your eyes, & you were going to give up smoking anyway
Concentrate 100% on the road in front, dont bother trying to get a quick peek in the mirror to see how bad it is you'll only make it worse because you will move your hands when you move your head to look ( Guaranteed you never got around to moving those mirrors just a little so you could see in them by just moving your eyes
) and besides if your still wagging its still wagging
Gently ease off the throttle and still DONT brake ( unless you have no other option like standing traffic
) gently ease yourself to a stop, exit vehicle and go get some clean pants. :cool2
Hope this helps, most of us that have towed something will have experienced some stage of the experience and depending on what it was that distracted us will govern how bad it got