Texanidiot: good story. Your dad's really on the ball if he's that aware of what's going on in traffic behind him. I used to teach rear crash avoidance as part of a defensive driving curriculum. Most are entirely avoidable. But most people don't pay attention to what's happening behind them.
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Originally Posted by tasdrouille
If power assist was the reason eocing is dangerous then power assist would be mandatory on all vehicles.
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Not when you consider that a manual rack has a different steering ratio than a power assisted rack. So when the assist goes away, it's harder to steer that car than the equivalent one with manual steering.
I'm obviously playing devil's advocate. I EOC in all kinds of cars, with some variation based on a vehicle's steering effort without assist.
But I'd prefer that people are fully aware of the consequences of losing assist in both steering & braking before startling themselves (and others?) because they attempt the technique in traffic without practicing it first. Unfortunately, I've read a couple of posts here and elsewhere of people doing just that.