> The way to achieve maximum deceleration in a car IS to lock up the wheels. Very much untrue and it's a subject covered by school physics textbooks. The whee

> The way to achieve maximum deceleration in a car IS to lock up the wheels. Very much untrue and it's a subject covered by school physics textbooks. The wheels may not lock up simultaneously(often don't) and that is the reason why ABS will monitor wheels individually. And, if you are doing that, might as well do it all the time, and that's traction control. ABS decreases stopping distance and increases controllability. It's a win win. These days you can't really do any better than ABS, "average" driver or not.