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Let’s face it though Without ABS the ability for a layperson to brake is greatly diminished People aren’t going to remember to pump the brakes in an emergency

• Hamuko 2y ago
  You should never pump your brakes, even if you have no ABS. What you should instead be doing is "threshold braking", so you should have as much brake pressure as you can without locking up the tires, and if you lock up, you release as much as you need until you're not locked up anymore. If you just pump the brakes in rhythm, you'll have longer a stopping distance as you're just alternating between no braking and too much braking. Thankfully most cars on the road at this point are going to have ABS, which just allows you to stand on the brake pedal in an emergency.
• alias_neo 2y ago
  > Without ABS the ability for a layperson to brake is greatly diminished > People aren’t going to remember to pump the brakes in an emergency, heck most people don’t even know rhythmically pumping the brakes is a thing I don't think looking at the extremes is the right approach here. I've brought my car to a stop thousands of times, yet I've never once required the assistance of the ABS, in fact, I have no empirical evidence that it actually works at all. Needing to brake and stop isn't an emergency situation, it's a very typical situation, and it would only become an emergency if you _can't_ stop. If you happen to be having an emergency at the same time you lose electrical braking, you're shit out of luck.