ABS - or is it Pure BS

From: bluoval <bluoval_at_mindspring.com>
Date: Tue Apr 6 07:22:35 1999

Show me one brake system that doesn't do this.

Buck Savage wrote:

> >2) even if the ABS system fails it still works just like non-ABS brakes.
> unless
> >the vacuum (power assisted) system fails or the brake line is cut, or (very
> >unlikely) the piston sticks open, the brakes will work just fine.
> >
>
> ABS - American Bull Shi...
>
> I have noted one difficulty with ABS, and that is its failure to operate on
> snow
> and ice. Since I live in Southern California, I do not get that much snow
> but,
> in any quick application of my Mustang's breaks, on snow covered roads,
> they always seem to lock up. Well, the pumping action occurs but, at each
> application of the pump, I notice wheel lock-up. There is no stopping.
>
> William R. Buckley
Received on Tue Apr 06 1999 - 07:22:35 BST