"...If the vehicle was sold with some understeer (when the rear end loses traction
first)..."
I think you mean "oversteer" here.
Stephen 

     On Sunday, June 21, 2015 9:38 AM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
   

 Some have deduced that manufacturers recommended tire pressures are meant
to actually cause vehicles to understeer, withpotential lawsuits as the
main reason rather than effective traction..  (understeer is when the
front tires lose  traction first. so the vehicle 'plows' straight ahead
when the traction limit is exceeded)  This is said to be a decision made
by lawyers and insurance companies so that they can avoid liability when
people 'over-drive' their vehicles and crash em....When the crash happens,
it's can more easily be proven to be the driver's fault if the car goes
front-first into the ditch...."That car was going too fast!...See, he just
couldn't make the corner, he went straight off......"  like that.  If the
the vehicle was sold with some understeer (when the rear end loses traction
first) the Lawyers can argue that it was the vehicle's manufacturers fault
......"The driver was just going round the corner and all of a sudden, the
car spun out and flew off the road....."