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Originally Posted by SuperTrooper
First of all, you'd be better off with a car WITHOUT ABS. The common misconception is that ABS improves braking. Wrong. On dry surfaces you get quicker stops without ABS since it is easier to feel the lockup point of the tires and make minor pedal pressure adjustments to maintain maximum braking without skidding. The point of ABS is to maintain DIRECTIONAL control in low traction situations, allowing you to steer around obstacles rather than running into them.
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thing is... ABS is really a band-aid used to cover up poor driver training. in a low traction situation,
especially in a curve or other direction change scenario, braking is the absolute
worst thing you can do - braking upsets the weight distribution and inertial vectors of the vehicle, and will cause the vehicle to break completely free from the road surface in very short order.
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I take offense to the saying
'it isnt rocket science' to describe the relative difficulty of a given endeavour. Rocket Science is NOT hard... just EXPENSIVE
