ABS + EBD is some what effective in direction control of the car but only useful when you apply brakes. More over ABS cannot detect lateral movement of the car, you have to turn the steering to make it possible. At panic situations, remembering all that is very difficult.
ESP, a dream in Indian cars, like all the safety features, this will be available only in 20lakh plus cars. But work much better with earlier intruption and avoiding panic. But gives a false sense of security to the driver.
ESP will save over 20,000 lives in India every year if our trucks are equiped with one, that will be cheaper considering that most of our trucks use air brakes. This number will appear bigger if we consider the losses in money and commodities in many trucks just tipping over every day. |