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  • Vigo

    Oct. 23, 2009 11:04 a.m. Vigo New Reader

    ABS does what it is supposed to do very well. End of story. It does not work well off pavement for shortening stopping distances.. but it probably DOES still help with steering control to some extent. ABS is beneficial to 99.9% of drivers on the road.

    What would be nicest would be if more cars had the panic stop function where it looks at rate of brake application and automatically goes into full panic stop before the driver gets the pedal all the way down. If it was defeatable for racing id be happy to have it.

  • Oct. 23, 2009 11:30 a.m. dj06482 Reader

    I think part of the problem is that with modern cars it's very easy to drive quickly in them. I think a lot of people are overconfident in their driving ability and the ability of their car, until they suddenly find the difference between 7/10ths and 10/10s. I drive a lot of back roads on my daily commute, and you'd be amazed at how many drivers are driving their cars at 7/10ths and above (especially in wet conditions).

    I follow a lot of these people (from a safe distance) and I think to myself - "Do they have any idea they're one surprise away from sliding right off the road?"

  • Vigo

    Oct. 23, 2009 12:03 p.m. Vigo New Reader

    i had to make an emergency maneuver in an accord the other day and it was so drama-free i think most people might run into a situation where they cant learn from a mistake because the car masks the fact that they made one. Then one day you find the limit and all of a sudden you dont know what to do.

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