Dear drivers, ESC, VSM, HDC make driving safe but they are no substitutes for road sense

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So the most common abbreviation you will hear about is something called ESC or ‘Electronic Stability Control’. Sorry to prick the marketers bubble, but carmakers will not be doing you a huge favour by installing this feature. You see, ESC is something that manufacturers will be forced to install on all cars if they want a three-star or above rating in the new Bharat-NCAP safety tests. Over the next few months, if you’re the sort of person who closely follows advertisements of cars, you’ll notice a veritable stew of abbreviations. You’ll hear of ESC, VSM and HDC and what not....