Exactly. People feel empowered by techonology beyond it's merits and
don't understand it's limitations.

I never stated that the end user needs to understand the physics of
ABS, but they do still need to understand the ABS will not enable one
to stop on a sheet of ice. Proper speeds and following distances are
still required.

In general, I think that the majority of the people who have their
license should probably have it revoked. The attentiveness, and just
general regard, that most drives display will on the road is appalling.
There are plenty of fine drivers on the road, but there are twice as
many that are passable or just plain bad.