Re: IML: Drums to Discs

[Brad Hogg <luxoliner@xxxxxxx>]

You are so correct Ken.  ABS does NOT make a vehicle stop in a shorter 
distance but rather it actually increases the stopping distance in most 
cases.  What ABS does is it helps avoid a skid and also allows the driver to 
maintain steering control during a panic braking maneuver.  I agree, this is 
a feature that is, like so many others, only there to compensate for 
unskilled and incompetent drivers.



ABS can rather easily be removed from a 90's Imperial and its sister Mopars 
as is documented on the OIC site.



The big picture problem with features like this, IMO, is that they breed 
more unskilled and incompetent drivers.  Will technology be able to keep up 
with the ever so rapidly declining skill and soaring apathy of modern 
drivers?  Are we willing to go down that road to find out?



An undeniable truth of life is that the smarter machines and computers get, 
the dumber people get.  How long will it be before the machines and 
computers are smarter than we are?  Who will run the world after that 
happens?  Whose fault will that be?




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken Lang" <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2006 7:46 AM
Subject: RE: IML: Drums to Discs


Tom,



I have not seen any after-market anti-lock brake systems available for any
car much less an Imperial.  For anti-lock brakes to work each wheel needs to
have sensors that monitor their movement.  There needs to be a set of pump
motors that pump in a pulsating fashion to each wheel, overriding your
efforts with the brake pedal.  And this is all controlled by an on-board
computer that thinks it knows how to stop better than you do.



All this was done to get around the fact that most people have lost or never
had the skill to modulate their brakes in an emergency.  Numerous tests over
the years have shown that anti-lock brakes are only effective in the rain.
Manually operating your brakes on all other surfaces (snow, ice, gravel,
sand, etc) produces better results than the anti-lock systems.



Personally, if I could remove the anti-lock system from my newer vehicles, I
would.



Ken

67 Crown 4 Dr Ht



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