For any idiot who thinks it's about safety

[meat]

Originally Posted by Joe Wicked

Thank god for anti-lock brakes.

I concur.

It's an excellent idea to put a braking system in a car that allows it to safely stop in a greater distance than it should if the person behind the wheel were a competent driver. That way drivers can get an unwarranted belief that they are a 'good driver' and can move on the more important tasks while behind the wheel like applying make-up, eating lunch, reading the paper and talking on a cell phone.

I used to be able to bring my 1965 Mustang Fastback with manual brakes safely to a stop from 65 mph in about 120 feet.

The quintessential soccer-mom vehicle - the Chevy Tahoe - equipped with ABS and following a safe distance behind at 65 mph stops 12 feet beyond where I did. So, technically, the Tahoe with it's ABS system stops when it hits my non-ABS car.

That distance changes dramatically if the driver of the vehicle is on a cell phone.

Yeah, thank God for anti-lock brakes. They empower the incompetent.

Your pal,
Meat.