http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2006/08/18/019050.html




good idea or bad idea?

As I understand it, when you slam on the brakes in a panic stop, ABS brakes pulse and release over 10 times a second, and prevent brake lock up, and can enable a good driver to still be able to steer around or away fromn an obstacle. Whereas without ABS, you slam on the brakes, they lock up and the car slides forward, screeching the tires on the pavement. I've experienced panic stops in both systems, and the ABS REALLY does work as advertised.

As to engineering a "screeching" feature into the ABS system that gets activated when the full on ABS, nothing wrong with that, if the noise warns an oblivious pedestrian to jump out of the way! This assumes the ped will jumjp out of the way and not "freeze" in horror at the sound, and then get hit.

One of the problems with the ABS system is that people are afraid to use it, when they need to, to simply step on the brakes as hard as possible and keep their foot down, which engages the ABS, when their instincts or past experiences tell them that simply stepping on the brakes and holding it down will result in a a wild looping skid and loss of control, like it could if you did this with a non ABS equipped car.

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