[Spridgets] Please define idiot...

[Jim Johnson]

I also have problems with the idea that it won't work below 8 to 15 mph.
This is certainly not true on our Chevy PU. I live on a hill with brick
streets. There is a stop sign at the bottom of the hill. Very often when it
snows, one has to be very careful driving down the hill to the stop sign. We
coast the truck very slowly down this hill on icy roads (less than 5 mph
indicated). When the brakes are applied the ABS kicks in and continues until
the vehicle stops. You can feel it!

I don't know how ABS is done on cars and trucks, but I have overhauled the
ABS on my BMW motorcycle and know that as long as the wheel is moving at
all, the tiny teeth on the ABS wheel are sensed by the ABS sensor and the
system is active. This can happen at less than one MPH!

Cheers!!
Jim

On Feb 8, 2008 3:17 PM, Robert Duquette <robertduquette at sympatico.ca> wrote:

> This just in.  As I was backing into my driveway, I recalled this
> conversation, so I sped up a touch and hit the brakes hard.  So ... ABS
> kicked in in reverse. ( 2001 Subaru Outback VDC )
>
> Robert D.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Guy R Day [mailto:grday at btinternet.com]
> Sent: December 30, 2007 3:37 PM
> To: Larry Macy; Robert Duquette
> Cc: 'Spridgets'
> Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Please define idiot...
>
> Back to ABS - won't work on most cars below a speed around 8 -15mph
> (different levels preset by different manufacturers) and to the best of my
> knowledge it won't work with the wheels going round backwards.  I CANNOT
> be
> 100 per cent sure about the latter for all cars but I'll give my technical
> guys a call and find out for my own interest.  The last time I was playing
> out with a modern ABS equipped car and driving backwards (above 25mph) it
> didn't work in a Range Rover, a BMW or a Vauxhall.
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