Stability Control
Stability Control
Anyone drive with the dsc off in snow? I find that it's better. (bmw rear wheel drive)
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My car is just a rolling chassis with an engine, body, HVAC without the A/C, and some gauges.eaglecatcher wrote:I have no controls on my car whatsoever, so I couldn't tell you. Nor do I have snow here in Texas.
No ABS, TC, ESC, etc. My car is all driver input.
How do you mean it's better without? AFAIK, ESC simply modulates the brakes to keep the car going in a straight line, and keep the wheels from spinning. Just another parasitic loss, IMO.
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Really? You guys know how you're car is going to react when you have to violently swerve out of the way of a pallet that just fell off the back of a truck while traveling at 70mph?comingbackdown wrote:Amen.watkins wrote:Neither of my cars has come with stability control. Its not important. Just know your car and be your own stability control.
Stability control is amazing technology and should be mandatory on every new vehicle. There is no reason not to drive with it on during highway driving. Actually, the only reason to turn it off is when you are driving too aggressively for public safety, anyway.
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Amen to that.
Stability control is amazing technology. It does stuff no driver could possibly do. (Can any of you brake one wheel?) Stability control has access to more information than a driver does, and react faster than any driver can, and can manipulate the brakes on individual wheels, which no driver can do unless they have four brake pedal and five legs. This stuff is outlawed in Formula One because it is better than Michael Schumacher. If it is better than Michael Schumacher, it is better than you.
Stability control is amazing technology. It does stuff no driver could possibly do. (Can any of you brake one wheel?) Stability control has access to more information than a driver does, and react faster than any driver can, and can manipulate the brakes on individual wheels, which no driver can do unless they have four brake pedal and five legs. This stuff is outlawed in Formula One because it is better than Michael Schumacher. If it is better than Michael Schumacher, it is better than you.
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For the average driver, stability control is a godsend. It mops up the small mistakes made that might lead to a larger catastrophe. Yes, it should be defeatable as well, if one was interested in legally racing their car. However, it should be a mandatory feature, as it helps those who get into trouble, get out of trouble.
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