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dmorrison · #13 05-13-2004, 02:43 PM

lietuviai

Please let me do a little educating here. Forgive me if you already have knowledge of this, but by your post I am not convinced.
As an airline pilot we deal with high speed aborts with and without ABS (without shown as an emergency training situation)
these are the philosophies on braking with and without ABS.

Without ABS. You apply brake pedal pressure untill you get about a 20% tire skid situation. How do you know what this is?? Go out and practice. Apply the maximum brake pedal pressure until the tires start to lockup and then YOU must be the ABS sytem and release the brake pedal pressure to ensure that tires do not lock up When they lock up they start to ride on melting rubber that is under the tire. This melting rubber is very slippery and causes the braking to deteriate. So go out and practice your panic stops in the NON ABS car.

With ABS. Remember to slam the brake pedal to the floor as hard as you can, then expect to feel pulsing in the pedal as the ABS does its job. Maintain the pedal pressure and steer away from the collision. Many people want to slam on the pedal and have the car stop. The most worthwhile benifit of ABS is the ability to steer and maintain control of the car while getting maximum braking. We practice this in our High Speed aborts in the aircraft. Apply maximum pedal pressure until you have competely stopped.

So
NON ABS -- brake and you regulate the skidding of the wheels. If skidding you will loose steering and possible control of the car. So don't allow the tires to lock up.

ABS-- Stomp on the brake pedal ( expect pulsing in the pedal) and STEER away from the accident.

Sorry if I am lecturing but Driver training in the US is terrible when it comes to ABS vs. NON ABS technique and proceedure. Since the majority of drivers are taught by there parents your getting old information when you are taught and there are a lot of new systems that have come out in the last 10 years or so.
When teaching my kids to drive, I taught them that there are some real idiots out there driving. If you don't believe that, then just watch "Jerry Springer" once. Those people drive cars and are teaching their kids how to drive.

Dave