Patent ID: 7712845

Claim:
A method for reducing motor vehicle turning radii, said method comprising the steps of: sensing a turn of a motor vehicle; determining which rear wheel of the motor vehicle is an inside rear wheel of the turn; and selectively applying a brake of the inside rear wheel in automatic response to said step of sensing to thereby effect a reduction in turning radius of the turn of the motor vehicle; wherein said step of selectively applying the brake comprises: determining wheel slip of the inside rear wheel; determining preselected operating conditions of the motor vehicle; and applying the brake only if the determined preselected operating conditions are within preselected ranges, wherein the applying of the brake comprises applying brake pressure to the brake within a predetermined brake pressure range so that the wheel slip is within a predetermined wheel slip range; wherein the determining of preselected operating conditions of the motor vehicle comprises: determining that a brake pedal pressure is less than a predetermined pressure; determining that chassis control activity is absent; determining that the engine of the motor vehicle is running; determining that the time in a selected gear is greater than a predetermined gear time; determining that the steering wheel of the motor vehicle has an angular position exceeding a predetermined steering wheel angular position; determining that speed of the motor vehicle is within a predetermined range of vehicle speed; and determining that position of a throttle of the motor vehicle is within a predetermined throttle range.