On Tue, 17 Feb 2004 11:00:09 -0500, Nick Hull
wrote:
In article ,
sparky wrote:
Good point.
In my opinion more emphasis needs to be put on safe driving pracctices
and avoiding accidents in the first place.
In North America they have advertised ABS brakes and air bags so much
that most uneducated drivers believe thay are immortal when they get
behind the wheel of a vehicle with them. This causes their poor
driving skills to become even worse.
I thought ABS would help so I got it (extra cost option) on the Saturn I
bought for my wife. It is worse than useless, on gravel it releases the
brakes unexpectedly when the vehicle was in perfect control. Often in a
sloped gravel parking lot the car will suddenly lunge at the next car
when the brakes release.
I was exiting up a high speed curved ramp that joins I10 to US60 here
in Phoenix. Some clown who missed his exit cut across the berm right
into my path. I fully expected to hit him but the ABS gave me perfect
braking in that curve with no slip. Now this was a real car, a Q45,
not a toy like a Saturn.
...Jim Thompson
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