On Mon, 23 Feb 2004, Pigeon wrote: > It's a long time since I took my car test, and I had no problems with > the emergency stop, but the examiner's instructions were "...without > locking the wheels", so I'd guess any kind of lock would be a fail. > Dunno what they do now that ABS is common.
Does sound like your driving tests are much better than ours. I still don't understand how anyone can actually _fail_ one over here, but people occasionally do. > To be expected. Most ABSes cut out at very low speeds. The Chevy Cavaliers of around 2001-2002 were the other way, and hyper sensitive. I've seen the ABS come on at 5kph at the end of a stop, completely removing any braking power, causing you to not be able to stop in time. And those can't be disabled, unlike most cars with traction control. I'd consider it a safety hazard. The 2003 LS we have here doesn't seem to do it, or not as bad. > ...so you can still powerslide round roundabouts :-) What, roundabout's aren't skidpads? That's not how Car & Driver does that? :) Actually, there's no roundabouts in my part of the country. I suspect there's not many roundabouts IN my country. :) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
