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Old 10-06-2010, 01:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Azimech View Post
Who knows... it wasn't his Camry.

But anyway, the argument wasn't against ABS, which can be switched off (in the models I drive in, 1 circuit breaker) but the total absence of a hydraulic/mechanical linkage to the pereiopodical appendage (leg). Even a hydraulic system with a leak or a faulty brake vacuum pump will stop your car but if you are pushing the pedal linked to a rheostat while you've lost complete electrical power, maybe smashing your windscreen and blowing in the wind might help (choose your context).
I'm your side here.
But they could design it like pneumatic truckbrakes where your need the air pressure(in our case epower) to keep the brakes open - if their system leaks air, the truck just brakes and stops.
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