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This is definitely true, and I was gonna bring it up if no one else did...but I will say this much about that:

I still argue that if you HAVE driven a manual steering car, you are still more likely to wrench it hard for control if the assist goes out. How do I know this? How do I know that an assisted steering that goes out is even harder than a plain manual? I've lost power in an assisted car before (my next Chevelle had PS)...but I'm still here, and I could still steer when it went down. It was just hard as balls, but I kept my composure, and pulled my ass off the seat turning the bitch, but it turned.

I guess if you never tried steering a car with no assist, you might just assume total failure, and not pull for your life. Recently, a fucking CHP cop died in his "out-of-control accelerating Lexus [Toyota]". The guy had time to call it in on his cell phone, but apparently couldn't stop the fucking car. I'm sorry but, WTF? We don't even teach cops how to drive now?