Originally Posted by
Happy Feet
Your "no downsides" [of braking on curves] flies in the face of every safe driving course out there.
Every safe driving course? Even the written course material from, say, driversed.com?
Curves
Reduce speed before entering the curve, and slowly lighten the pressure on the brake until reaching the apex point (where the car is closest to the inside of the curve line). At the apex or exit point, apply light acceleration to pull the car out of the curve.
I wonder why driversed.com would every advise braking in a curve when such action is, as you claim, is "suboptimal".