That's not quite right abs will kick in even under soft braking!I had some concerns with what a high school course that I was contemplating joining was teaching when they said "ABS prevents the brakes from locking " without explaining that the brakes have to be applied hard enough for a wheel to lock before the system works.
I had some concerns with what a high school course that I was contemplating joining was teaching when they said "ABS prevents the brakes from locking " without explaining that the brakes have to be applied hard enough for a wheel to lock before the system works.
That's not quite right abs will kick in even under soft braking!
Admittedly when this has happened to me it's been on a wet surface or ice/snow it's the sensors that trigger the abs not the force of the pedal
Unfortunately I have no experience with the latest systems you mention BUT I do know that the system only comes into action when any wheel is locked and only releases enough pressure on that wheel to allow it to rotate.It is wheel by wheel. The latest systems attempt to look at wheel deceleration and if it appears that it's impossibly rapid they will intervene before lock-up occurs.
I have read somewhere that ABS was initially developed for commercial aircraft applications.
Nope ?? to which part of my post are you referring ? Please explain
"impossibly rapid deceleration" without locking a wheel ? I would tend to describe this phenomenon as "threshold braking" so IF as you say it reportedly "intervenes" does that mean that the system will keep it from locking and therefore no ABS pedal pulsing to be felt??.
Just looking for enlightenment as I have an open mind and hopefully can still learn more at my age