In fact, ABS equipped cars tend to have longer stopping distance on
dry pavement. Not sure about ice, never owned a car that had it.
It's only function, AFAIK, is directional control and control in a
panic stop. It serves no other function, it certainly is not about
stopping shorter.
Larry
On Dec 30, 2007, at 10:56 AM, Robert Duquette wrote:
> Cars don't drive themselves. I drive an older Subaru ( 2001 ) and
> with
> snows on ... it's the greatest car I've ever driven. I'm not in the
> financial league to buy the latest and greatest, but to me it's great.
> Brake wise, I learned this fall that performance summer tires on the
> "slippery as" snow aren't a good thing. My understanding is that
> ABS does
> not stop you faster, but allows you to keep some directional control.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Lieb
>
>> ABS works on speed difference between the wheels.That's one reason
>> why
>> it doesn't go off at a dead stop. Lock 'em up at 0mph, and then
>> start to
>> slide, and it'll do you no good. But if you let go and start rolling,
>> and then apply the brakes, and the wheels slip, voila, ABS!
>
> All well and good, Chris, but on ice where none of the four wheels has
> any traction, ABS does ABSolutely no good at all. Likewise, having a
> Subaru WRX STi with all the Torsens in the world does you no good
> when you high-center it on a snowdift, but it certainly was highly
> entertaining for the rest of us to watch the Polish dude try to figure
> out why his "invincible" car was not moving ;-)
> David Lieb
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