FW: Speeding in the UK (ABS)

[Steve Shoyer <Steve@shoyer.com>]

The way it's been explained to me, if you lock up the wheels when stopping
on snow/sand/gravel, a wedge of snow/sand/gravel is created in front of the
tire from being pushed, which helps to stop the car.  With ABS, because the
wheel never locks up, it continues to roll over the snow/sand/gravel, the
build-up doesn't happen, so the car doesn't have that additional friction to
slow it down.  Something like that.

--Steve