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Originally posted by ianc
I also don't agree that ABS will not shorten your stopping distance. In a perfect world, that would be so, since you would be perfectly modulating the brake pedal just as the ABS would. In our world, the ABS can sense imminent lockup much more accurately than you can, and will be able to pulse the brakes to attain this. I'm not saying that a skilled driver can't attain comparable stopping distances without ABS, but for the rest of us in a panic stop situation, ABS is a damned good bet.
ianc
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I concur- in a panic stop stand on the ABS as hard you can and steer.
I was referring earleir to a perfect world situation (on skid pan). Personally I think ABS is THE most significnat real world safety improvement in modern cars.