Stupid Safety Feature Of The Week
I love my Prius. It’s fun to drive, eco-friendly and even has lots of geek appeal. However it has one incredibly moronic safety feature which I was reminded of while driving through the snow the other day. Now I have the base model which means I don’t have fancy features like the automatic skid prevention. Instead, what I have is a flashing light. When the wheels lose traction, a little icon starts flashing on the dashboard. Now that’s what’s useful, a distraction as the car starts to slide. More of a danger than anything else. Maybe next time, they can add an audible alarm as well. Then the car will feel even more like an airplane cockpit….
“Lawsuit avoidance light ACTIVATED”
Having had a similar feature in my ’97 Saturn for about 10 years, I can tell you that it is more useful than it first appears.
Please do. How is it useful? I honestly do not see how it would be unless loss of traction is not discernible to the driver.