On Fri, 02 Sep 2005 17:06:07 +1200, Russell McMahon wrote:

I had said:

> > Actually any reasonably good modern car should be able to manage 1g 
> > braking
> 
> Not consistently throughout a whole braking manoeuvre without great 
> care in design. Being able to lock up the wheels is only the first 
> step. Stopping them doing it is the second and harder step. Well 
> designed ABS helps. Without such weight transfer between wheels will 
> leave the lightened wheel locking and the one with more weight on it 
> not braking as hard as it could.

I was sort-of assuming that any reasonably good modern car would have ABS, since my midrange ten-year-old one 
has it!

Cheers,


Howard Winter
St.Albans, England


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