ESP on or off?
1st Gear
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 147
ESP (or more commonly ESC) is basically computer controlled asymetrical braking to ensure the vehicle is pointing where the driver is indicating they want the vehicle to point.
Short version of the answer to your questions:
"ESC only intervenes when it detects loss of steering control, i.e. when the vehicle is not going where the driver is steering. [22] This may happen, for example, when skidding during emergency evasive swerves, understeer or oversteer during poorly judged turns on slippery roads, or hydroplaning. "
"ESC can work on any surface, from dry pavement to frozen lakes.[23][24] It reacts to and corrects skidding much faster and more effectively than the typical human driver, often before the driver is even aware of any imminent loss of control.[25]"
"Many ESC systems have an "off" override switch so the driver can disable ESC, which may be desirable when badly stuck in mud or snow, or driving on a beach, or if using a smaller-sized spare tire which would interfere with the sensors."
Long version? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electro...bility_control
Short version of the answer to your questions:
"ESC only intervenes when it detects loss of steering control, i.e. when the vehicle is not going where the driver is steering. [22] This may happen, for example, when skidding during emergency evasive swerves, understeer or oversteer during poorly judged turns on slippery roads, or hydroplaning. "
"ESC can work on any surface, from dry pavement to frozen lakes.[23][24] It reacts to and corrects skidding much faster and more effectively than the typical human driver, often before the driver is even aware of any imminent loss of control.[25]"
"Many ESC systems have an "off" override switch so the driver can disable ESC, which may be desirable when badly stuck in mud or snow, or driving on a beach, or if using a smaller-sized spare tire which would interfere with the sensors."
Long version? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electro...bility_control