>Not to mention that insurance statistics suggest ABS is overrated.

ABS is a tool. It's not magic. It cannot shorten the braking
distance. What it is SUPPOSED to do is to allow the car to be steered
under heavy braking and to remain stable in adverse conditions... ie
to optimize stopping.

ABS in most cars is best turned off on soft surfaces, where it
actively degrades brake preformance. Except in the few cars (all
Australian) where the ABS is designed to work on gravel.
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Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin, New Zealand
64 (3) 473-8863
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
Fossil preparator
Seashell, Macintosh & VW/Toyota van nut
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