Does ABS really work? Is it worth the money?
A. Yes, it really works. From a post on the subject: >The consensus seems to be that ABS helps the most in the situations it’s >designed for: panic mode, grab a handful situations where you can’t >anticipate, can’t practice threshold braking, and/or have to steer >while braking as strongly as possible. > >Everyone (most people — Ed.) seems to agree that in a controlled situation with an expert >rider on dry pavement, ABS can be beaten as far as absolute stopping >power/distance goes. (Because ABS rapidly turns maximum braking force (at the lockup level) on and off… an expert rider can hold the braking level just short of locking up without cycling, which means a shorter overall stopping distance under ideal situations. — Ed.) … But that isn’t usually the situation most people find themselves in when ABS saves >their ass. It’s certainly worth the money if it saves your life. And it’s saved a number of list member’s lives. From that recent post, again: > >It’s like seat belts…. t
