Nannies won't neccessarily save you

[gofastr]

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QKX9pgNR6w&feature=player_embedded[/media]

 

[J&R3xV10]

Hey thats a 2 for 1 deal I like! LOL Seriously though I would be pissed if I was the guy in the Black Vette. What kind of **** punches it on a wet road with that many other cars around!

 

[PatentLaw]

It actually may have prevented him from spinning further. You really can't tell. As stated in the other thread, wet conditions and snow can be horrible. Don't rely on them to bail you out every time. Agreed with the above.....hitting it on that road was not the best driving move. In traffic it was even more stupid.

 

[Chuck 98 RT/10]

It actually may have prevented him from spinning further.

Objection. Speculation. Stick to the facts please. The nanny did not keep him from spinning.

Sustained.

I've been watching a lot of Perry Mason lately.

 

[ViperGeorge]

The guy in the white Vette was an idiot. No question.

 

[01sapphirebob]

That *****

 

[Dom426h]

It actually may have prevented him from spinning further.

Ummmmm, that would have been the Black Vette that he collided with

Fact.

 

[WILDASP]

Yet another example that proves...YOU CAN'T FIX STUPID!

 

[WILDASP]

Now, with proof before us that a Vette with a nanny box can and will bite you, does anyone still believe that a nanny box will keep a Viper from biting you?

P.S. someone please post this vid over in the other nanny tech debate we've been having.

 

[Brake Dust]

When a vett did that to me I hit the brakes. He crossed over and hit the guardrail on my right instead of me.

 

[SaturnVUEguy]

Wow! I'd be really pissed if I was in the black Vette. Yet another reason to hate Vette owners, even if I do appreciate the cars

 

[J&R3xV10]

Wow! I'd be really pissed if I was in the black Vette. Yet another reason to hate Vette owners, even if I do appreciate the cars

So says the SATURN VUE ENTHUSIAST. HMMMMM.... got no hatred for the OWNERS of high performance cars, just for the owners of those damn rice burners (esp. Toyota Prius)

 

[white out]

So says the SATURN VUE ENTHUSIAST. HMMMMM.... got no hatred for the OWNERS of high performance cars, just for the owners of those damn rice burners (esp. Toyota Prius)

Technically Prius's aren't rice burners, I think they fall under the smug category.

There are a lot of great Japanese vehicles too.

Nick

 

[Goehner]

Not cool. If I was in the black vette, it would not have been pretty for the idiot.

 

[SaturnVUEguy]

So says the SATURN VUE ENTHUSIAST. HMMMMM.... got no hatred for the OWNERS of high performance cars, just for the owners of those damn rice burners (esp. Toyota Prius)

No idea how to respond to that

 

[voi9]

So says the SATURN VUE ENTHUSIAST. HMMMMM.... got no hatred for the OWNERS of high performance cars, just for the owners of those damn rice burners (esp. Toyota Prius)

 

[Martin]

I have a feeling the majority of us think the nanny boxes are stupid - but it's moot because it looks like they'll be mandatory soon. No use complaining about something that's inevitable.

 

[Dave Moore]

I don't know about the nanny box thing but the driver of the white vette certainly made the situation much worse after the first wiggle by stabbing the brakes. It really went away after that.

 

[white out]

The black car is a good friend, he saved the white car with minimal damage to both vehicles.

Nick

 

[CitySnake]

There's something racist about the entire incident.

 

[WILDASP]

There's something racist about the entire incident.

I wondered how long it would take for someone to say that....BM1 must be away from the board, 'cause you know he would have jumped on that in a heartbeat!

 

[mad0953]

I have a feeling the majority of us think the nanny boxes are stupid - but it's moot because it looks like they'll be mandatory soon. No use complaining about something that's inevitable.

That's why I don't complain about death or falling in love with large women.

 

[Chuck 98 RT/10]

I have a feeling the majority of us think the nanny boxes are stupid - but it's moot because it looks like they'll be mandatory soon. No use complaining about something that's inevitable.

I couldn't disagree more. Change doesn't happen by giving up. They'll get their nannies just like my neighborhood got their speed bumps. But a lot of the speed bumps have been removed because of the complaints. The same can be done with the nannies. There are numerous examples of failed nannies just like this vid. Eventually people will wise up and realize sports cars fall into a different category than minivans, sedans and SUVs.

I'll be fighting until they are removed - the speed bumps and the nannies.

 

[gofastr]

Now, with proof before us that a Vette with a nanny box can and will bite you, does anyone still believe that a nanny box will keep a Viper from biting you?

P.S. someone please post this vid over in the other nanny tech debate we've been having.

As much as he was spinning the tires, he probably had the nannies turned off. Unless you know that, there is no proof.

 

[Martin]

I couldn't disagree more. Change doesn't happen by giving up. They'll get their nannies just like my neighborhood got their speed bumps. But a lot of the speed bumps have been removed because of the complaints. The same can be done with the nannies. There are numerous examples of failed nannies just like this vid. Eventually people will wise up and realize sports cars fall into a different category than minivans, sedans and SUVs.

I'll be fighting until they are removed - the speed bumps and the nannies.

I hear you - and I'll wager that there are enough people like us that there will be an easy way to switch off the nanny controls if we want to. I can't image high-performance cars getting saddled with full-time, no-user-control nanny devices. All the true high performance cars out there have selective availability built into the nanny devices, so I'll bet that something like a new Viper won't force us to be nannified if we don't want to be. If it isn't stock standard from the manufacturer, there will certainly be aftermarket sources that come out with something cheap and effective. Or, I'm sure there's a wire someplace that I can unplug, clip, or tie a switch into that will solve the problem.

Oh, and on the speedbump thing, I couldn't disagree more I live next to a road where commuters use it as a shortcut to avoid traffic, and they speed like idiots. It didn't bother me too much, except one morning our little kitten ran out into the road and as I was running out to get her, some commuter a-hole smashed her right in front of me - was going way too fast to slow down, and after he saw that the cat was obviously dead, he just drove off. We were heartbroken over that and I wish someone would put speed bumps in front of my house...

 

[v10enomous]

I think his nanny should have kept him out of the bar... Watch the front wheels closely how he panics and way over-corrects to the right...

 

[Chuck 98 RT/10]

Oh, and on the speedbump thing, I couldn't disagree more I live next to a road where commuters use it as a shortcut to avoid traffic, and they speed like idiots. It didn't bother me too much, except one morning our little kitten ran out into the road and as I was running out to get her, some commuter a-hole smashed her right in front of me - was going way too fast to slow down, and after he saw that the cat was obviously dead, he just drove off. We were heartbroken over that and I wish someone would put speed bumps in front of my house...

Sounds like you live in a high-traffic neighborhood. I don't. My neighborhood hasn't had a traffic fatality ever in its 50-year existence. What we do have now however are the typical over-protective mothers with ********-less husbands spewing save the children crap like "I don't care if nobody has been run over, I don't want my child to be the first." Stupid logic.

 

[Martin]

Sounds like you live in a high-traffic neighborhood. I don't. My neighborhood hasn't had a traffic fatality ever in its 50-year existence. What we do have now however are the typical over-protective mothers with ********-less husbands spewing save the children crap like "I don't care if nobody has been run over, I don't want my child to be the first." Stupid logic.

Very true. I live on a little known canyon road (in the middle of nowhere) that literally is sports-car and superbike heaven for 90% of it. Unfortunately the road transitions quickly into an old forgotten neighborhood for a little while, and people just don't bother to slow down. Oh, and we have several fatalities on this road every year or so - usually weekend bicyclists who think they can ride side-by-side on the wrong side of the road around blind corners. I figure that's just Darwinism at it's finest... Also a reason I'm a proponent of ABS, but we won't go into that discussion

 

[v10enomous]

So I'm trying to imagine what BS this guy told to the cops and the insurance company or what the guy in the black vette had to say...

 

[snakem04]

Haha ill just give him the benifit of a doubt and say maybe he had the nanies turned off.