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| Thread ID: 136408 | 2014-02-26 05:47:00 | Electronic Stability Control. | mzee (3324) | PC World Chat |
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| 1368814 | 2014-03-02 19:09:00 | Driving in old cars makes you cautious in the first place.You learn to wait before pulling out - not booting it in front of oncoming traffic.You learn to follow back from the cars in front - old style brakes required a bit of stopping time.You learn to take it easy in bad conditions or dodgy roads.Yep, you can still panic but driving safely in the first place helps a bit.This was on a motorcycle doing about 30kph. Going through round about. Car failed to give way to me. Very near miss. Managed to stay on my feet through pure luck. | plod (107) | ||
| 1368815 | 2014-03-02 19:23:00 | From what I heard on the TV news is that the system cannot be retrofitted. Only new cars will have it and it is installed at assembly time! | Bryan (147) | ||
| 1368816 | 2014-03-02 19:33:00 | I Note I have it on my SX4. | Cicero (40) | ||
| 1368817 | 2014-03-02 23:31:00 | This was on a motorcycle doing about 30kph. Going through round about. Car failed to give way to me. Very near miss. Managed to stay on my feet through pure luck. Not many motorcyclists tell the truth like that plod, they always tell bs stories about trying to lay it down, go around the car etc, but in reality they froze and what was going to happen happened and they make stuff up. |
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| 1368818 | 2014-03-03 06:15:00 | Well I'd agree but I didn't say on a gravel road, I said with one wheel in gravel - as in one wheel off the side of the road and the other 2 or 3 on seal. If you panic brake in that situation you are likely to find yourself spinning, ABS doesn't stop that but it makes it less likely and the car easier to keep straight even though it will still pull to one side. absolutely in that sort of situation it can help. it may not be gravel but dirt,grass, potholes, poorly laid tarseal etc (road shoulders here especially on SH1 are really bad) . your not going to have braking but abs will give you more steering ability. Driving in old cars makes you cautious in the first place. You learn to wait before pulling out - not booting it in front of oncoming traffic. You learn to follow back from the cars in front - old style brakes required a bit of stopping time. You learn to take it easy in bad conditions or dodgy roads. Yep, you can still panic but driving safely in the first place helps a bit. yes. same with 4x4's etc. slow to get going so you don't dare pull out in front of anyone. marginal brakes and especially with offroad tires, you don't stop quickly. handling in not great, massive body roll. you drive properly because you know how easy it is to crash. if i remember right a study showed 4x4 drivers are in less accidents (per number of vehicles) than car drivers. then theres the theory that aids like ABS, air bags and stability control makes people worse drivers. btw today i was behind the workers in the other ute, heading to an intersection. they saw (i didn't i was back a bit) a lady that did a 540 degree spin coming around an easy corner in the wet. i'm glad that car had abs. |
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