Posted On: May 15, 2007, 2:10 pm CDT

Posted By: El Squid

Sorry Lauren, you're dead wrong. In the course of getting my competition license and taking oursuit training way back when, it became obvious that a TRAINED driver can stop more quickly with the ABS turned off and ESC is only needed in stupid SUV's and other lumbering monstrosities being piloted by soccer moms herding their larvae around while chatting on their cell phones and making sandwiches at 85 mph in the high speed lane totally oblivious to the traffic around them. Soccer dads are just as guilty.

Driving is a privelege and there should be meaningful training like how to control your vehicle youself. What happens when the ESC computer fails? The driver is toast because he/she has no clue what to do. Most drivers don't lose control, they voluntarily give it up. Some put their hands over their faces and simply crash into the nearest convenient object.

Sorry- didn't mean to get carried away but if you are going to drive a car, truck, SUV, dirigible,or ocean freighter you the driver are responsible to know the limitations of that vehicle and to keep it in good working order. No nanny-bots in my car thank you very much.