[Shotimes] snow and ice

[Ron Nottingham]

If the ABS is activated above a set speed (most manufacturers may be 
different from each other, so the speed may vary), ABS will work until the 
vehicle is stopped. If the vehicle is going slower than this speed (I 
thought it was 25mph, but the NHTSA site says 10mph+ is activation), ABS is 
not activated.

Ron Nottingham - Dalton, GA
89 325i
90 SHO

"It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile"

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul L Fisher" <sho@paul-fisher.com>


> Huh? Are you saying they have no effect or that they won't go on? If #2,
> then all the cars I have driven have been broken.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "bjshov8" <bjshov8@comcast.net>
>>
>> Back when I was driving the Jetta I remember one of our yuppie employees
>> had
>> a new 325e, with antilock brakes.  He came driving into our parking lot
>> which was nothing but a pure skating rink.  When he touched the brakes
>> they
>> locked up, the fancy anitlock brake system in his car turned off the
>> brakes,
>> and he rolled all the way across the parking lot and into the brick wall.
>> When I arrived shortly after that the simple brakes in my Jetta didn't
>> have
>> any trouble stopping.
>
> Just how fast was he going? ABS does not work under 25 or so mph. Remember
> that folks, and let's repeat - ABS does not work at slow speeds.
>



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