Wait a minute. Have we all been sold a load of Bovine Excrement here?
According to the PR of major auto manufacturers..i.e. Mercedes, Porsche,
BMW, etc...the computer chip controlled modulation of the brakes, including
feeding varying amounts of braking force to various wheels depending on
their current amount of slippage...is physically impossible for a human to
achieve, thus shortening the stopping distance. As for race car drivers,
they, generally, are not interested in coming to a dead stop, as a normal
passenger car would be, but rather slowing, avoiding, and coming back to top
speed ASAP.
Just wanting to know.
On 4/21/02 1:39 PM, "Mikebridg_at_aol.com" <Mikebridg_at_aol.com> wrote:
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>
> In a message dated 21/4/02 7:16:40 pm, ticknor_at_punkass.com writes:
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> << The advantage standard brakes have when
> modulated properly is that they are not losing miniscule amounts of
> braking force every second, as they do with an ABS system. >>
>
> I know this is ogg topic but I can't resist pointing out the bad logic in the
> above. It is still possible to modulate ABS brakes !!! so with then you have
> the best of both worlds. Ina sudden emergency your back is covered when the
> automatic response is to slam on the anchors, but can also use modulation in
> less fraught situations
>
> Mike
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