I Hate ABS

[swalve]

Originally Posted By: calvin1
Agreed, but why should I have something built into my car that is only going to make bad situations worse? Stuff happens, the car's systems should be designed to help or at least not make things worse.


I guess my point is, it doesn't make a bad situation worse. It makes a bad situation better- it only kicks in when a wheel is locked. Which only happens AFTER you've gotten into a bad situation. Instead of a sliding, locked wheel, you have a wheel that "threshold" brakes multiple times a second.

(Because what ABS does is, when it senses a locked wheel, cuts off that brake circuit from the pedal. The rest of the wheels don't do anything different. And what it does with the locked wheel is reduces pressure in the brake line until it senses spinning again. Then it increases pressure until it returns to normal, or locks again, and it starts over. Because, as others state, a wheel that's almost locked up has more traction than a wheel that has locked up.)

 

[Bamaro]

I think a lot of people assume ABS is no good because without the tire screeching in a panic stop, they feel it is not stopping as fast as it should. A matter of perception rather than reality.

 

[gizzsdad]

It seems pretty clear to me that 'most' ABS's work fairly well as long as there is a reasonable element of friction(traction) between tire and road surface.

As that friction diminishes, the functionality of ABS, as well as VDC, starts to drop off precipitously.

I, like many of you, have seen videos of VDC completely overwhelmed on snow/ice.

Is this horse dead yet???