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Old 01-24-2008, 05:16 PM   #16 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by sleepermr2 View Post
although, usually stopping distances are much shorter with a non ABS equipped car.
This is not true at all. A machine will always be able to dance the traction threshold better than a person just because we don't always know when the tires are skidding and when they're rolling.

If you lock up the brakes and go into a skid the vast majority of your traction goes away.
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