If you consider in a straight line, car stops quickly without ABS, the reason being the skid causes more resistance to the car and stops quickly. If you turn the steering then the skid leaves you in dangerous situation.
One night I was returning from office, a cycle guy immediately came in front of me from the right side. I had little time and I slammed the brakes (speed 20-25 km), the car stopped just in front of him. When I slammed the brakes I could realize as if the brakes are not working because there were no jerks of the sudden brake, reason being the ABS was at work. But these kind of situation happened to me when I drove my Santro WITHOUT ABS, that time it would immediatley stop with the skid. So my perception is that ABS is going to help you very much when you brake at 120 kmph speed, because at this speed, the skid will not definetely be in a straight line and at slow speeds the skids will not leave you in disastrous situation.
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Why do they call it rush hour when nothing moves?
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