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Originally Posted by rat156
Really Nik?
When was the last time you drove a car that doesn't have ABS at the very least? Today's younger driver's will never drive a car without ABS, stability and traction control, EBD, power steering and brakes. Unless they get into classic and historic cars, in which case they'll probably know how to drive them.
What is dangerous is having all this technology and not knowing what to do with it.
On ANY car with ABS, stomping on the brake pedal is the best, most efficient way of stopping, it also allows you to steer the car whilst braking.
The course was run by the John Bowe school, one of the best and most respected driving schools in the country. It was designed to give you experience in emergency situations in the car you drive everyday, rather than confusing you with instruction on cars you will never drive. There was one vehicle there without ABS, it was one of the aforementioned SUVs, owned by a Govt department, the students in that vehicle were taught threshold braking. It was a modern vehicle BTW, another oversight by the motoring authorities to allow that vehicle on the road without the mandatory ABS that most passenger vehicles have to have.
From the MUARC study in 2004:
As the theme of this thread is "most drivers (other than myself, of course) are muppets", this is solid advice.
Cheers
Stuart
(Bored in the Dustbowl, again)
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One car has abs the other does not.
Don't quote to me anything by the MUARC as their research is flawed and geared up to the lowest common denominator. Many years in motorcycle advocacy has paid proof to that, just do a search of MUARC and motorcycling cross referenced to the vic and net rider as a start if your MUARC re education.
Many cars still donor have abs and stomping on the brakes is not safe in all circumstances.
I won't bother entering a debate about this period.