Traction control/ stability control safer car?

[rjundi]

It can in specific situations.

Last winter we got nasty black ice in a 3 way interesection in front of my house. No one stops and then takes a 90 turn sometimes with speed. For those who do not know black ice is in patches and hidden from eye and typically random on a otherwise perfect appearing road with otherwise great traction.

Guess which vehicles went straight into the snow bank vs making(albiet still close) the corner? Anything older hit the snow bank while modern/luxury car just rounded the corner without serious drama.

It helps.

 

[leeharvey418]

I always find it fascinating that whenever one of these threads breaks out, the person wailing the loudest about how worthless stability control systems are doesn't know the difference between stability control and traction control.

They might use practically all of the same components, but stability control and traction control are not the same thing.