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accidents and abs...
Posted by James [Email] (more from James) on Tue, 12 Apr 2011 09:11:06
In Reply to: Never proven to prevent accidents..., AeroBaron, Tue, 12 Apr 2011 08:18:07
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I can go one better. There is no such thing as "accidents". There are only "collisions".
In some conditions, a car will stop faster without ABS. The real advantage of ABS is for those who can not properly threshold brake, it allows them more control. It's simple to use. So on a *statistical* basis, it's safer, and imho a good thing. But imho, *good* brakes are more important than ABS (I've driven cars with junk brakes that have abs), and even all else equal: our 1989 c900 (no ABS) stops as well or better for me in just about all conditions (but especially snow + ice) than our 1993 c900 (ABS). Both have good, equally well maintained brakes, but I have the option to sometimes lockup the 1989 which I don't on the 1993!
I don't disagree that "statistically safer" is a good thing. ESP and the like also do that... but all of these are yet another thing to break (ABS included: there is a huge price difference in a c900 ABS vs non-ABS master cylinder)...
James...
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Posts in this Thread:
- Two or three of these are thanks to Saab...., bender
, Tue, 12 Apr 2011 06:24:15- Re: Saab innovations...computerized parallel parking, Joeychess, Tue, 12 Apr 2011 16:30:04
- And the rest are BS, Noel, Tue, 12 Apr 2011 06:51:00
- Funny you mention ABS..., Craig, Tue, 12 Apr 2011 07:39:42
- Re: Funny you mention ABS..., Justin VanAbrahams
, Tue, 12 Apr 2011 16:10:48 - I mostly agree, but I still do like it. HOWEVER..., Noel, Tue, 12 Apr 2011 10:37:41
- Never proven to prevent accidents..., AeroBaron, Tue, 12 Apr 2011 08:18:07
- Re: Statistics, statistics..., JimBlake
, Tue, 12 Apr 2011 12:59:13- Heresay about ABS..., Mike Lynch
, Tue, 12 Apr 2011 13:35:24- First time bike buyers, listen to Mike!, AeroBaron, Tue, 12 Apr 2011 20:51:25
- Re: Heresay about ABS..., JimBlake
, Tue, 12 Apr 2011 20:19:45 - Re: Heresay about ABS..., James, Tue, 12 Apr 2011 14:01:15
- Very true!, Noel, Tue, 12 Apr 2011 13:18:16
- accidents and abs..., James, Tue, 12 Apr 2011 09:11:06 <-- Viewing This Message
- Noel, I completely agree. I was mainly pointing at, bender
, Tue, 12 Apr 2011 07:17:14
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