[mbrameld]

> That said I would rather be in an automobile that spends most of its time operating far below its capacity with sufficient performance reserve to handle emergency situations despite being significantly handicapped by a less than perfect human driver.

What's an example of a modern passenger automobile that DOESN'T spend most of its time operating far below its capacity and/or WITHOUT sufficient performance reserve to handle emergency situations despite being significantly handicapped by a less than perfect human driver?

[TylerE]

Try doing a panic stop, or even an emergency lane change, in a Suburban or Tahoe some time.

[Retric]

A panic stop is mostly a question of speed not the cars performance.

This means a speeding Porsche has worse handling than a Tahoe driven reasonably. Which is what this study uncovers, performance cars don’t offset reckless behavior.

[TylerE]

That is false. At the same speed, the SUV will have MUCH worse performance.

Porsche 911 Turbo braking distance, 70mph-0: 133ft

For most typical SUVs, that value is 160-well over 200ft. That's multiple car lengths of distance. Easily the difference between rear-ending someone and not.

[Retric]

You obviously didn’t read what I said. “a speeding Porsche has worse handling than a Tahoe driven reasonably“

On average the SUV and Porsche will not be driven at the same speeds therefore the actual stopping distances should not be calculated using that assumption.

[TylerE]

You obviously made up a bizarre tangent that isn't relevant to the original comment at all.

[Retric]

It’s directly related to the actual research and counters your original statement. Aka when reality disagrees with your intuition, reality wins.

Plenty of BMW etc drivers made panicked stops before dying because they had gotten into a situation where their car and reflexes couldn’t save them from physics. No car can save people from stupid.