Regarding the anecdote rather than the meat of the post, I drove for years under all conditions without anti-lock brakes. These days, I still find myself occas

Regarding the anecdote rather than the meat of the post, I drove for years under all conditions without anti-lock brakes. These days, I still find myself occasionally fighting them. I know very well how to control the car, including through controlled skids, and that's worked its way deep into my reactions. In extreme situations, the anti-lock brakes still sometimes throw me off and slow my overall reactions, as I have to pause and adjust to their presence. I also simply cannot perform some -- often useful -- maneuvers with them that I can on a vehicle not having anti-lock brakes. So... I can imagine some of the cab drivers, with years of driving experience, having some difficulty adjusting to the difference that anti-lock brakes make, with a corresponding increase in effective reaction time and with perhaps a surprising inability to negotiate risks as they have previously learned to and expect to.