[Cosmo]

I had something slightly similar happen this weekend, when I was merging onto a road from a yield. As I hit the gas, I felt the car stutter, as if it had died, and when I looked at the dash, I saw the ESP light on. It had rained lightly earlier in the day, but the roads were clear by then. I'm not sure what happened, but it did feel like the car died for a few seconds, then recovered.

Luckily for me, nobody was approaching me on the road, or I might have been in a similar situation.