Mozz
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Well, my ABS might have just saved a dog. A stupid dog.
Was coming into a right bend through a village, doing about 30, when I see this little dog crossing the road halfway round this bend, heading for my side of the road. I start braking, thinking it might stop, but it doesn't, and the brake pedal starts kicking. I guess I must have hit a patch of frost, or maybe grit, I don't know 'cause I was looking at this dog. I didn't think I was actually going to stop in time, and actually started trying to swerve as the car stopped. It ended up that I couldn't see it's feet 'cause the bonnet was in the way, guess that would put it about a yard off my bumper? Daft thing carried on with barely a glance at me.
This is my first car with ABS (53 Seat Ibiza), and I've not had much chance to try it out. I realised after I'd stopped that I hadn't put my foot down any harder on the pedal after it started kicking rapidly and constantly. It occured to me that ABS might have nearly squashed a dog because I'd not used it properly
So, the question is, once the ABS is working constantly, does it make any difference how much harder you try and push the pedal down? I tried testing it out on a nice patch of thick frost, and it didn't seem to. It seemed that once it reached that point, the pedal had that much resistance to it that I couldn't push it down any further anyway?
Was coming into a right bend through a village, doing about 30, when I see this little dog crossing the road halfway round this bend, heading for my side of the road. I start braking, thinking it might stop, but it doesn't, and the brake pedal starts kicking. I guess I must have hit a patch of frost, or maybe grit, I don't know 'cause I was looking at this dog. I didn't think I was actually going to stop in time, and actually started trying to swerve as the car stopped. It ended up that I couldn't see it's feet 'cause the bonnet was in the way, guess that would put it about a yard off my bumper? Daft thing carried on with barely a glance at me.
This is my first car with ABS (53 Seat Ibiza), and I've not had much chance to try it out. I realised after I'd stopped that I hadn't put my foot down any harder on the pedal after it started kicking rapidly and constantly. It occured to me that ABS might have nearly squashed a dog because I'd not used it properly
So, the question is, once the ABS is working constantly, does it make any difference how much harder you try and push the pedal down? I tried testing it out on a nice patch of thick frost, and it didn't seem to. It seemed that once it reached that point, the pedal had that much resistance to it that I couldn't push it down any further anyway?