off topic / traction control

[justin ivan]

My instinctive response is slowly let off the gas, don't touch the brake and 
be careful and gentle with the steering wheel. I really wish that the 
licensing structure here in america was more strict. Should have to pass a 
special test to drive a SUV etc.
Then again in America we have to have a license to drive, a license to 
hunt....
maybe we should have a license to pro-create.



>From: Pat Ford <pford at qnx.com>
>Reply-To: diy_efi at diy-efi.org
>To: diy_efi at diy-efi.org
>Subject: Re: off topic / traction control
>Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2001 08:26:27 -0500 (EST)
>
>panicing, what the instinctive response when something bad happens ? lock 
>the brake ( then a flat/blown irte is totaly scary). I had a 4dr subaru 
>blow a rear tire last year. I didn't even notice a difference in handling 
>in a straight line.
>  I blew a tire of my 2dr tracker (lr tire again) and it was VERY scary. I 
>think the driver makes 80% of a difference and the car 20%
>
>Previously, you (justin ivan) wrote:
>{ ahh maybe you are right C&D it was. Either way, yeah the test could have 
>had
>{ more scenarios but it is interesting. I wonder what some people are doing
>{ out there on the road? I had a tread separation on a full size conversion
>{ van and I had no trouble controling it, yet just the other week I saw a 
>full
>{ size van upside down on it's roof, and a couple of miles later, a jeep
>{ cherokee on it's side. What the hell are these people doing?
>{
>{
>{ >From: "Jason R. Haines" <jhaines at lingenfelter.com>
>{ >Reply-To: diy_efi at diy-efi.org
>{ >To: <diy_efi at diy-efi.org>
>{ >Subject: Re: off topic / traction control
>{ >Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2001 18:08:45 -0500
>{ >
>{ >....snip.....
>{ > > which did anyone hear that Ford settled another claim with the whole
>{ > > Firestone Debate? No $figure was given but the Lady was looking for 
>$100
>{ > > million. Also, did anyone see the Motor Trend article where they took 
>an
>{ > > explorer, "blew out" (dumped all pressure in <1 sec) the rear drivers
>{ >tire
>{ >@
>{ > > 70 mph with no hands on the wheel and the truck didn't flip? Thought 
>it
>{ >was
>{ > > more then interesting
>{ >
>{ >I think the article you are talking about was in Car & Driver. The 
>previous
>{ >month they discussed some of the statistics of the whole tire failure
>{ >issue.
>{ >Pretty interesting although I would have liked to have seen the testing
>{ >done
>{ >with front tire "blow outs" and a heavily loaded vehicle (and maybe even
>{ >some turning occurring when the blow out occurred).
>{ >
>{ >Jason
>{ >
>{ >
>{ 
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