Do you really need Electronic stability control in city driving (max speed about 40km

**s_quilicot** · May 19th, 2008 02:17 PM

defensive driving is kailangan din ...

**uls** · May 19th, 2008 05:50 PM

Add a roll cage, racing seats, and 5 point harness seat belt...

And ambulance and police escort behind you...

Pwede na ba yan pang campus driving?

**Memphis Raines** · May 19th, 2008 06:37 PM

Natakot tuloy mag-reply yung TS

You will need all of those believe me. If you'll be joining the demolition derby.

But really, at just 40 km/h you don't need all of those. Heck, a bicycle can run faster than that.

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**ghosthunter** · May 19th, 2008 09:50 PM

OT:

Originally Posted by Memphis Raines

But really, at just 40 km/h you don't need all of those. Heck, a bicycle can run faster than that.

I reached 51 km/h on my mountain bike on a flat road years ago.

**coiter** · May 19th, 2008 11:33 PM

Originally Posted by ghosthunter

OT:

I reached 51 km/h on my mountain bike on a flat road years ago.

imagine how faster you could have gone if you had the confidence with 7 airbags, abs and esc!

hey TS i hope you don't get offended. we're just being silly. but i think others have given serious answers. and i envy you that you have such a problem (buying a new car) and admire you that you really take into consideration safety features others simply omit or take for granted.

**ghosthunter** · May 20th, 2008 09:13 AM

Originally Posted by coiter

imagine how faster you could have gone if you had the confidence with 7 airbags, abs and esc!

Actually, I reached over 70kph on my mountainbike on a downhill run. I also crashed from a speed of 40kph. I would have appreciated those 7 airbags then.

**flat_four_fan** · June 3rd, 2008 10:13 PM

Originally Posted by Memphis Raines

Natakot tuloy mag-reply yung TS

You will need all of those believe me. If you'll be joining the demolition derby.

But really, at just 40 km/h you don't need all of those. Heck, a bicycle can run faster than that.

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he he. You guys are funny people. In my defense i may be doing just 40kmh BUT i am not the only vehicle on the road. There are many others,possibly a rice car doing 100kph on a small stretch of road, a converted Elf truck doing 60 kph,and many others. What if a driver suddenly veers head on to you (as a result of being drunk/distracted or maybe the converted car's steering linkage breaks), we are talking of about 100KPH++ total collision speed (add your speed and the other driver's speed). OFFSET crashes(colliding cars are not perfectly lined up with each other, concentrating the forces to a smaller area, thus preventing the full use of the car's crumple zones), at these speeds can severe injuries even with airbags/seatbelts.

Also, aside from the dual airbags, curtain and side airbags should be mandatory to small sedans. ALL small cars without side or curtain airbags tested by IIHS recieved a poor rating (skull fracture, pelvis fracture) in its side impact tests (50 kph using a 3300 pound moving deformable barrier with a tall front end to simulate SUVs ). this is due to inherent structure of small sedans (rides lower and small clearance between the driver and the door).

I know that there is no perfectly safe car. At kung araw mo na araw mo na. Pero, it is worth having safety equiptment to convert a broken bone to a bruised muscle, skull fracture to a headache, paralysis to a sore neck,and death to 50-50. he he.

BTW, I also thought of wearing a helmet + HANS device + fire suit and installing a 10-point rollcage, kevlar fuel tanks, racing seats with head restriants and 6-point harness to my current car. However, I figure it would take me 6 minutes to wear my safety gear to go to the palengke. So i discarded the idea

. ha ha. joke

**Jun aka Pekto** · June 3rd, 2008 10:32 PM

Originally Posted by flat_four_fan

Also, aside from the dual airbags, curtain and side airbags should be mandatory to small sedans. ALL small cars without side or curtain airbags tested by IIHS recieved a poor rating (skull fracture, pelvis fracture) in its side impact tests (50 kph using a 3300 pound moving deformable barrier with a tall front end to simulate SUVs ). this is due to inherent structure of small sedans (rides lower and small clearance between the driver and the door).

That was the primary reason my wife chose our 06 V6 Sonata, the 6 airbags and ESC (besides the large passenger space in the rear and price). At the time (summer 2005), it was the only car with those features for less than $20k.