Why don't all cars have mudguards?

What a safety conscious wimp.

ABS is automatic, you don't need to know anything about it.

Never had any car trigger it incorrectly, apart from one with a sensor failure. And that had the warning light on.

Some ABS is better than others. The best ones remove braking only from the skidding wheel, so even in a field, you can end up with brakes operating alternately and perfectly well.

Bullshit. Human beings cannot pump the brakes a hundred times a second. They also can't control the wheels independantly.

But you don't end up stuck in snow with a great big pile to dig out.

Very unlikely for them all to lock at once, and it probably knows you couldn't have stopped that quick.

I just press the pedal and the car stops. You don't have to think about it with ABS.

You drink untreated water?

You can doughnut in reverse with FWD.

On Mon, 28 Jun 2021 11:47:40 +0100, Max Demian posted for all of us to digest...

When the PD's had the Chevy whales they had to be retrained to keep their foot on the brake and keep it there. The old method was smoking brakes like no tomorrow and the cops were complaining because there was something wrong with the brakes because they were vibrating.

Every day.

Even my last two motorcycles have had ABS.

A decent, recent, ABS system will release the brakes on the locking wheel only which is something you can't do through the pedal.

I've had cars where when empty the rears lock first, but when loaded the fronts lock first. ABS will cope with that, even if you are in a corner or on muddy patches.

Andy

My '85 Toyota 4x4 had a Load Sensing Proportioning Valve, I think that's what they called it, and I could never seem to adjust it properly. With ABS, that problem is taken care of.