A system for enabling a vehicle with a conventional steering system to
make tighter right and left turns. The vehicle has one or more computers
that monitor the steering angle and that are also capable of
independently controlling a right braking unit and a left braking unit.
When the computers detect that the steering angle is near the rightmost
steering angle, the computers actuate the right braking unit to a greater
extent than the left braking unit to allow the vehicle to make a tighter
right turn. When the computers detect that the steering angle is near the
leftmost steering angle, the computers actuate the left braking unit to a
greater extent than the right braking unit to allow the vehicle to make a
tighter left turn.