Force = Mass x Acceleration

On Mon, 11 Feb 2013 15:15:06 -0500, "Dad" > wrote:

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>"uncle_vito" > wrote in message
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>> "Ken" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> No
>>> Not all Vets, but there's enough of 'em
>>>
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmeTLcW2TIM
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>> Have a club member with a 2011 ZR-1. He is quite wealthy but was smart
>> enough to buy one that was 2 years old at the time.
>>
>> I can just see this car getting into trouble, romping on it in a turn.
>>
>> Would the Stability Control prevent these overcorrections and spins?
>>
>> Vito
>>
>I was forced off the road at speed 2 nights ago by a pair of semis head on,
>onto a muddy ditch bank and started sliding to my right. Correction didn't
>work, had to go through the shallow ditch and was able to stay off the
>fence. There was the cross road just ahead of me and I was on it before I
>could react much, just able to brake while on the asphalt and stop before I
>slid on by. ****ed off and covered in mud I got back on the road but had to
>stop shortly after that to get control of my shaking.
>
>To answer your question if the active handling did anything I didn't know it
>and I don't remember seeing any lights come on but I do remember the chatter
>of the ABS. Also can't say the ABS was the AH working or if it was because
>of my hard braking to stop on the side road, just happened to fast. Most
>likely it only took 20 seconds for the entire event but much longer for my
>heart rate to become normal again.
>

Funny how so much information sticks with us after such adventures. I
had a roll over (not in a Vette) a year ago, broke my neck in two
places. I can still see and feel those few thrilling seconds.
Destroyed two good trucks..............