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I'm curious about your desired response during the skid and what the traction control system did differently. Would you mind expanding on that if you remember i

• Zak 13y ago
  Sure. The vehicle involved was rear wheel drive and, as loaded probably had a rear-biased mass distribution. It began to oversteer in a corner on a patch of ice. Standard protocol for these situations is to apply a moderate amount of throttle to shift weight to the rear and increase traction there while reducing or reversing steering input. The traction control system counteracted my attempt to increase power, requiring vastly more reverse steering input and interfering with my ability to position the vehicle on the road. I suspect some people will believe the results wouldn't have been what I expected without the traction control. I can't prove they would have been, but I did grow up and learn to drive in Alaska. Based on my experience, I think I would have done better than the computer did. Here's somebody describing the basic idea involved while discussing the joys of mildly irresponsible driving on cloverleafs: http://www.scottgood.com/jsg/blog.nsf/d6plinks/SGOD-66RJ2Y http://www.scottgood.com/jsg/blog.nsf/d6plinks/SGOD-66RJ2Y