I drive a truck with anti-lock brakes and am considering buying a different car which does not have anti-lock brakes. I‘m not an expert on cars so I don‘t know how their different. Do cars without anti-lock brakes have a tendency to skid if you need to stop suddenly? If your car doesn‘t have anti-lock brakes what happens if you need to stop suddenly . will you wind up getting into an accident? Thanks for any help you can give me.
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On dry pavement, anti-lock brakes are pretty much like standard brakes. Their big advantage is when things get slippery; when the road is wet or snowy and icy. If you learned to drive before anti-lock brakes were widely available, you probably remember being taught to pump your brakes when the road was slippery to prevent a skid and allow you to maintain steering control. Anti-lock brakes simply do that for you automatically. So, with anti-lock brakes, just mash the pedal hard and hold it down. Steer around the hazard. You'll feel some pulsing and vibration in the pedal. This is normal, don't let it bother you! With anti-lock brakes, you have a much better chance of avoiding an accident than with standard brakes. Anti-lock brakes have been required on heavy trucks for about a decade in the US and nearly 2 decades in Europe. And for good reason -- they work! It's likely that anti-lock brakes will be mandatory on all vehicles in the US in a few years.
It can indeed make a huge difference. Non ABS cars can lose control if the driver gives into instinct and mashes the pedal in an emergency. Anti-lock brakes will sense if the wheels lock up in a skid. They'll release the brakes just enough to keep them spinning, then reapply full pressure. The effect feels like a pulsing in the brakes. This'll allow the driver to not only keep control of the car, but will also let it stop more quickly than if the wheels lock up.
anti-lock brakes are nice but not mandatory. what the anti-lock brake system does is apply the brakes while not fully locking up your wheel rotation. with this technology you are able to slam on the brakes while still maintaining decent steering control. with regular brakes, when applied heavily, the wheels will lock up and when you steer it really won't matter because you will continue to go strait. (usually a bigger deal in slippery weather) A way to combat this is to pump regular brakes when you feel the loss of control. the anti-lock system basically pumps your brakes much much faster and more effectively than a human ever could. I have had vehicles with both systems and have never had a problem with either. drive cool in the snow and rain and you will be good.
