PMC wrote:
We risk having a generation of drivers who lean too heavily on electronics and programming to sort things out when they reach the limit during extreme driving manouevers. One day, they'll get into a car which isn't equipped with such aids and will somply be unprepared for the moment when physics overcomes grip.
That's like saying, that we now have a generation of drivers who rely too heavily on synchromesh, what would happen if they got into a car that didn't have it? They wouldn't know how to double declutch....