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Tekno
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Tenho Ruohoranta
 
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there is false information in: http://www.fordscorpio.co.uk/abssystem.htm
ABS will bring a car to a halt in a shorter distance regardless of the type or condition of the road, in dry, wet and even on ice, because it keeps the tyres in a cycle near the point of maximum retardation with an efficiency beyond any human capability. It is for this very real safety advantage that from the 1st July 2004 it will be unlawful for a new car without ABS to be on sold in the UK.
You know what I mean.
Hint: Ice
and also soft gravel..
braking distances can be twice as long as without ABS. Surely it's more steerable but sometimes sorter braking distance is needed when there is no space to avoid collision etc.
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Mike H
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Re: ABS
« Reply #1 on: Feb 29th, 2012, 11:58am » |
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In terms of, you lose the friction advantage of an actually locked up tyre?
"Learner drivers are taught the emergency stop and are supposed to feather the brakes when the vehicle commences to skid to bring the vehicle to a stop without leaving smoking rubber behind them."
I don't remember that! 
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