A friend of mine used to complain that ABS was bullshit because he could control the brakes better than any computer could.
Last I heard he was in jail for rear ending a cop while intoxicated (not the cop). The more a car does on it's own the better off we all are in my opinion. -Dave Walton On May 12, 2012, at 8:55 PM, relng...@aol.com wrote: >> ....One more reason to own an old Benz. If I stab the brakes to just >> miss a >> deer running in front of me I surely don't want the car to decide that I >> need to brake more. Too bad folks just can't take the time to learn to >> drive well instead of depending on the car to make up for their >> shortcomings... >> > Piffle. Brake assist measures the speed of the brake application and > decides if it's a panic stop and if so applies full braking. The instant the > driver backs off the brakes revert to normal. MB did some kind of study and > determined that few drivers apply the brakes hard enough in a panic situation. > > I am on my second BAS car and have felt it in action plenty of times. There > are no down sides to it and my C300 will outbrake any of my former MBs. > > RLE >> >> > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
