How to disconnect ABS

[drdd]

I second that!!!

I lived through Michigan winters for several years with no ABS. I can't get used to it now that I have it ...

Originally Posted by muzzy1maniac

I hate these ABS system. I'm almost considering disabling them myself. Not because they don't work properly it's just that I prefer not to have them. I feel like I can do a better job stooping than the ABS.

[michigan.paul]

I also live in Michigan. Have you ever tried to stop on a snowy road with a car equiped with ABS? Nothing worse than sliding into someone because the breaks will not work. Sometimes you have to let the tires dig down to the pavement..... It would be a great system if it shut its self ovv at 34 degrees or below.
Paul

[Moppie]

Interesting thread,


On a paved surface ABS will always out brake a person. Always, and it will allow you some directional control at the same time.
A person is simply unable to keep up with and respond to the feedback in the same way a computer can.

In the wet it is even better at our performing a person.

The catch with ABS, is for it to work, you have to stomp hard on the pedal and keep your foot there.
As soon as you lift your foot you stop getting the full benefit of the system.
People are not always rational, and getting into a situation where you activate the ABS can scare some people, or they think it is some magic system that will always stop them immediately.
They don't realize you still have to account for human reaction times and the laws of physics.



But where ABS can be out braked by a person is on loose surfaces.

On a gravel road, you need to be able to lock the wheels so the tyre can dig down through the loose surface on top and into the hard packed surface underneath.
And it needs to stay locked to keep digging in.
The result is a skid and loss of control, but you will usually stop faster than if you keep the wheel rotating and like ABS does.
I believe the same thing is sometimes needed on snow and ice??


This was raised as a huge concern here and in Australia when Ford and Holden first started fitting cars with ABS as lots of them are used by Farmers who do a lot of travel on gravel roads.

Holden and Ford both made changes to the system, reducing the number of pulses per second and setting up a short period of lock up when the system was activated. It make a big difference, allowing the ABS enabled cars to stop just as quickly as the non ABS cars on gravel, and still stop even faster on a sealed surface.



Some cars also the ability to turn the ABS system off.
I can disable it in my Accord by going through a simple process with handbrake during start up.