Bob
I agree. My truck starts to hydroplane on water when I brake in wet weather
and it feels like I'm never going to stop. ABS has it's problems like anything
else. I always liked pumping my own brakes (-;
Jim
69C
70B
----- Original Message -----
From: Bob Donahue<mailto:bobmgtd@insightbb.com>
To: mgs<mailto:mgs@Autox.Team.Net>
Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2004 4:37 PM
Subject: Re: Mods
How about ABS brakes? Didn't the insurance industry statistics show they
weren't helping at all? I swear my ABS brakes are trying to kill me. If one
of my wheels is in muck when I come to a stop sign, I have no brakes at all.
The ABS chatters like crazy, as I slowly roll past the stop sign into the
intersection. I suppose the ABS saved me from a wild 2 mph skid ;-). The
ABS, at least on my car, seems more interested in going straight than in
stopping. Thank God, our old MGs don't have ABS.
(Let the flames begin, I know a lot of people think ABS is the best thing
since sliced bread.)
Sorry, a little off topic...unless someone has actually done an ABS mod.
Bob Donahue (Still Stuck in the '50s)
Email - bobmgtd@insightbb.com<mailto:bobmgtd@insightbb.com>
Cars: 52 MGTD - #17639
71 MGB - #GHN5UB254361
Member: NEMGTR #11470
NAMGBR # 7-3336
Hoosier MGB Club
Olde Octagons of Indiana
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dean T. Lake" <dtlake@erols.com<mailto:dtlake@erols.com>>
To: "MG List Postings" <mgs@Autox.Team.Net<mailto:mgs@Autox.Team.Net>>
Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2004 5:27 PM
Subject: RE: Mods
> "I really doubt they have any effect at all."
>
> "...organizations that profit from such regulations like the Insurance
> Institute for Highway Safety or the National Highway Traffic Safety
> Administration."
>
> -----------------------------------
>
> Are not these two statements rather contradictory? That is, how can
> anyone profit from the installation of third brake lights if they don't
> do anything at all? I wouldn't put it past the insurance companies to
> impose regulations that are marginal. I also would not put it past the
> Feds to impose shaky science on us. But completely ineffective? What
> would be the point?
>
> I actually find the third brake lights quite useful. Alas, I have no
> data to show their level of effectiveness. I guess it comes down to my
> purely personal experience with them.
>
> Dean
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