Wolfy wrote:interestingly too....
my son (17 yr old) has just been told by his instructor that during emergancy stop, although you should press the brake pedal HARD,,,you must not press it hard enough to engage the cars ABS system !!!!!!
as far as im concerend anyway to stop the car quickly must be done...to say you shouldnt activate ABS is wrong surely ??
comments appreciated please ?
Paul.
That is what I was told twelve years ago when I was training to bacome an ADI.
This is out of date thinking. If you read the section in the DSAs Driving the Essential Skills on stopping the car in an emergency, it states that whilst you shouln't drive in a manner that you are braking near the threshhold, emergencies do happen, and ABS is there to help. It is there to enhance your skills, not replace them. This is not quoted word for word, but in essence, what I have said is basicaly what is written in the book. Telling a pupil that you must not activate the ABS will result in the braking being too light.
I will leave the rest to Astraist.