Re: ABS Brakes

[Tom Mandera <tsm1@domain.elided>]

"Gann, Jeff" wrote:
 
> the stopping ability the GMC and the Jeep have had in a panic situation.  In
> any other vehicle I would have definitely been involved in a wreck or three,
> but they have brought each of the afore-mentioned vehicles to a safe stop.
> The only real danger has been the contents of the vehicle flying forward
> into the dash and onto the floorboards.  I will have ABS on every new
> vehicle I own going forward.  I'm fully aware of the shortcomings in the
> brake systems of the old vehicles that I own that don't have ABS, and I
> drive with extra room between me and the rest of the crazies that commute
> with me each day.

Not picking on you, Jeff, but...

Why is this a recurring comment?  "If I didn't have ABS, I would've been
in an accident".. I have yet to hear a "If I would have had ABS, I
wouldn't have been in an accent" statement yet.

KNOW YOUR VEHICLE.  Know it's limits and capabilities.  Jeff even says -
I drive with extra room between me and the rest of the crazies...

Does this mean ABS makes better tailgaters?  I always wondered why I was
the only person that still has a "buffer zone" between me and the other
rigs on the road when I'm on vacation in Seattle, Denver, Portland, or
the 'Springs..  must be because I drive a Scout II without ABS...