June 21st 04, 10:42 AM
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Everything we know about traffic-calming is wrong
"Just zis Guy, you know?" wrote in message
Er, actually ABS doesn't really affect stopping distances.
Yes it does.
http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/vrtc/ca...99-01-1287.pdf
"For most stopping maneuvers, made on most test surfaces, ABS-assisted panic
stops were found to be shorter than those made with best effort or full
pedal applications with the ABS disabled"
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