I wouldn't say dangerous exactly, but it certainly goes against the grain.. It reminds me of being a passenger with a young driver as they seem to leave braking to the last possible moment. We used to call it driving on the brakes!
This system is now in Audi, VW and Skoda cars as std with the Automatics..The system is called Audi Dive Select and on the more up market cars it alters the suspension and steering to suit.