[Cagey]

It does, at least in the 2006 Acura LT. If you turn it off it stays off until the next time you start the vehicle and then resets to the on position.

[Petronski]

My Crown Vic has "traction control," a goofy computer program that applies brakes and spikes the throttle if a wheel spin. The first thing I did when I realize that was devise a circuit mod to make it "normally off" rather than "normally on."

Ach! What happened to old-fashioned notions like "skill" and "prudence?"