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Originally Posted by Varvs
a question for the heroes that drive every second with all assists off:
in what fashion does having these safety measures on infringe on your driving experience on public roads? not 'spirited drives' or mountain runs, your day to day, traffic light to traffic light traffic.
What exactly are these electronic systems crippling in your experience that you so desperately need to disable them?
Hint: "ego" is not a valid answer.
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Couldn't agree with you more.
I do Advanced Driver Training and,trust me,the vast majority of people greatly overestimate their ability.
How many people do you know that don't think that they're good [or even very good.....]drivers?
The reality in my experience is very different.
By all means turn off VSC/ESP systems on a race track once you have garnered some basic skills,but there is no reason to do so on public roads.
If you turn them off,and are driving along next to a B double in the rain that decides it wants your lane,trust me your swerve and recover manouvre will be greatly compromised.
We've done this type of scenario at some of the courses,with ESP/VSC on and off,and the results can be potentially devastating with it off.
It's all very well to think these systems are hindering your driving pleasure,but when something goes wrong out of the blue they can literally save your life.
I know just how fast you can lap a race track without the systems interfering much,and if you're triggering them on public roads,you're overdriving the car.
By their very nature they operate when you're exceeding the level of grip of your car.
Sure as Instructors we turn them off on the Track,but mine are very much turned ON for public roads.
In a perfect world we wouldn't need doors or seat belts but unexpected stuff that happens out of the blue can kill you in a second.
I [and my 2 passengers] survived a massive accident some years ago on the way back from the Surfers Paradise races that probably
would have killed us all if the ESP was off,due to the"manouvres" I had to perform to avoid a car carrier on my side of the road.
One minute we were quiety cruising along at 100kph,next we were spread all over the Highway[but we missed the truck]
You can't predict where it's going to go very wrong sometimes,and being an innocent party doesn't make it hurt any less.[5 broken ribs,punctured lung,etc]
And when it does,you'll be thankfull for all the help you can get.
Cheers
Len