joker97:Klipspringer: Braking is actually a skill. ABS is for those of us who can't be bothered about learning how to stop a car in the shortest possible time.
At the end of the day, all it does is prevent the wheels from locking up. If you know how to "pumpt the brakes" you can achieve the same stopping distance if you are in a car with ABS or not (providing all other factors are equal).
surely not. are you talking about lewis Hamilton under dry racing conditions or some random human when it's wet and dark and in a complete panic?
As I said, breaking is a skill that you can (our should I say use to) learn. But yes lewis Hamilton will probably stop a non ABS car quicker than your average person in the same car with ABS. LOL
clevedon:
The average human will never be as efficient as an ABS system.
Correct. Most average humans are useless drivers. Why try teach them the skill to apply breaks.
clevedon:ABS works at any speed, whenever a wheel locks the ABS system is activated.
That actually depends on the vehicle itself.
Older ABS systems were not as good either. If for instance, all 4 wheels were to slide at the same time ABS would not activate because it needs a speed source. Kinda hard getting a speed off the wheels when they locked up. I dont know how modern day vehicles handles this, but in my hay days I use to manage locking up all 4 wheels, most times for fun.
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