It's all ABS's fault.....
We all know that the default action taken by just about anyone who's gotten
surprised by the errant car in front of them is to swerve and slam the
brakes. (call it trail braking on a massive scale...<grin>)
Back in the day, when someone pulled in front of you, and you panicked, the
wheels just slid. Even if you had swerved to miss them first, the wheels
just slid once the brakes were crammed.
Nowadays, ABS kicks in and allows the wheels to maintain traction. That
means not only is the braking more effective, so is the swerving. They
effectively swerve and get the car up on two, or go over completely.
Sometimes it takes a swerve and a counter-swerve to whip it around like
that, but we've all seen it.
ABS not only makes the initial swerve more effective, it makes the
counter-swerve possible.... Ya can't swerve if the wheels are locked up.....
No doubt it's really a driver-training issue.. If they wouldn't yank the
wheel and slam the brake pedal it wouldn't roll. However, since we have
things like ABS, Traction control, and BombBags to protect us from
ourselves, why should we actually educate anyone?
Mike
CP 58
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