In article , Rod Speed
wrote:

just like ABS doesn't
affect them in a positive way! It's all BS! So listen to Mr. Kook and
STFU!

actually, it doesn't. that's yet another myth.

with abs, people think that abs will save them, so they tend to drive
in a more risky manner and end up in bad situations more often. the net
effect is no real change in crash rates.

BULL****.

it's not bull****.

http://www.iihs.org/iihs/news/deskto...-dont-reduce-f
atal-crashes-people-in-cars-with-antilocks-at-greater-risk--but-its-uncl
ear-why
ARLINGTON, Va. ‹ Cars with antilock brakes are more likely than cars
without them to be in crashes fatal to their own occupants. In
particular, antilock cars are more likely to be in fatal
single-vehicle crashes. These are the findings of a new Insurance
Institute for Highway Safety study comparing the fatal crash
experience of cars with antilocks and otherwise identical models with
regular brakes.

"These findings add to evidence that antilocks aren't producing
overall safety benefits," Institute President Brian O'Neill points
out. According to previous Highway Loss Data Institute research,
antilocks aren't reducing the frequency or cost of insurance claims
for vehicle damage. Federal studies also show no overall benefits.

http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/811182.PDF
Statistical analyses based on data for calendar years 1995 to 2007
from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) and the General
Estimates System (GES) of the National Automotive Sampling System
(NASS) estimate the long-term effectiveness of antilock brake systems
(ABS) for passenger cars and LTVs (light trucks and vans) subsequent
to the 1995 launch of public information programs on how to use ABS
correctly. ABS has close to a zero net effect on fatal crash
involvements. Fatal run-off-road crashes of passenger cars increased
by a statistically significant 9 percent (90% confidence bounds: 3%
to 15% increase), offset by a significant 13-percent reduction in
fatal collisions with pedestrians (confidence bounds: 5% to 20%) and
a significant 12-percent reduction in collisions with other vehicles
on wet roads (confidence bounds: 3% to 20%). ABS is quite effective
in nonfatal crashes, reducing the overall crash- involvement rate by
6 percent in passenger cars (confidence bounds: 4% to 8%) and by 8
percent in LTVs (confidence bounds: 3% to 11%). The combination of
electronic stability control (ESC) and ABS will prevent a large
proportion of fatal and nonfatal crashes.