Re: [ST] The Smiley Bag incident

["David W. Funk" <dwf@xxxxxxxxx>]

Car tests are very hard to compare with motorcycles.
For one thing "you might end up sideways..." means that you end up on your head.

David W. Funk
'00 Triumph Sprint ST
Pleasanton, CA


On Fri, 8 Nov 2002 13:28:02 -0600, Anderson, Neil G (CPR) wrote:

>>Even if you learn to brake very well, ABS can still be very helpful.
>>All the tests that show non-ABS as quicker stopping are done on dry & clean
>>pavement.
>
>The German ADAC car driver magazine did a test a few years ago of full
>braking on snow.  It was a simulation of a panic stop at a traffic light,
>e.g. if another vehicle was unable to stop for a red light.  With ABS, you
>stopped in a straight line.  Without ABS, you might end up sideways by the
>time you'd finished skidding, but the braking distance was much shorter than
>with ABS.
>
>Neil




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