On Nov 28, 2007 2:43 PM, <pethier@comcast.net> wrote:
> From: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
> > Front bumper (maybe rear too?) brackets on a '93 Suburban.
> >
> > Thanks to anti-lock brakes, my wife has given me 3 opportunities to change
> > front bumpers on the poor old GMC. Before the Suburban and its lovely
> > anti-stop brakes, Jill had only one other accident in her life, when she was
> > 16.
>
> 20mm, eh?
>
> It so happens that I have a 1993 Chev Suburban (4x4) with ABS. Never had a
>problem stopping it on dry pavement or slippery. What's the problem?
>
My guess: A combination of following too closely (Karl lives near
Chicago, right? They ticket you if you keep a safe following
distance...) and fear of the brake pedal. Lots of people get freaked
out by the pulsing pedal and noises that ABS makes when it starts to
work, so they let off the pedal. That leads to vastly increased
stopping distances.
--
David Scheidt
dmscheidt@gmail.com
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