The MotorSafetyHelper is disabled by default for the Victor, Jaguar, and Talon classes. It is enabled by default for RobotDrive with a 100 ms timeout.
From RobotDrive.java:
Code:
...
public static final double kDefaultExpirationTime = 0.1;
...
private void setupMotorSafety() {
m_safetyHelper = new MotorSafetyHelper(this);
m_safetyHelper.setExpiration(kDefaultExpirationTime);
m_safetyHelper.setSafetyEnabled(true);
}