On Jun 24, 12:08*am, Jack Stein wrote:
On 6/23/2011 6:45 AM, Hank wrote:





On Jun 23, 6:02 am, *wrote:
On the People's Court, woman turning left, many hits her from behind
when she stops because of cross traffic.

Man drivign SUV says roughly that "on the newer cars, anti-lock
braking prevents the wheels from locking up so one stops slowly."

I thought on dry, non-gravel-covered roads, anti-lock braking had no
effect.

Even after he lost, he thought it was the fault of the driver in
front.

I saw that too. Going as slow as both litigants stated and agreed to
(about 5 mph), ABS had no part in the cause of the accident. He wasn't
paying attention, plain and simple. Even if ABS takes a millisecond
longer to stop, he was following too close for the vehicle he was
driving, not paying attention, or bad brakes. None of the excuses hold
water.

I am under the impression that ABS keeps the tires from sliding which
will in fact stop quicker in ALL circumstances by not letting the tire
lose traction and control. Once a tire locks up, there is no traction,
or at least very little.

If you ever get the chance, try driving on ice without ABS. You will
then see how good ABS is.

IF they go off on dry pavement when they are not supposed to, you will
quickly see they take 50% longer to stop than w/o them. Normally they go
on and off quickly, but that means when they are off, you are not
breaking. *If you are in a slide that may or may not help but If you own
a GMC Government Motors truck, like mine, you WILL pull the fuse after
one close call.

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Jack
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I remember reading a story a few years ago about how studies that
analyzed accident statistics couldn't find much, if any difference, in
serious accidents, fatalities, etc that could be attributed to cars
that had ABS vs those that do not.
One theory as to why was that many people don't know how to
react to them and when they start pulsing, they may release the brakes.