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Originally Posted by aaggoswami  Sorry for being offtopic, but this is what we were involved in.
We already had a nasty crash in our Baleno. The accent's tail lamp were not working and the car was ahead of us. That car was carrying some Swaminarayan supremo. My dad was driving a car wearing a seatbelt. My maternal uncle ( mother's brother ) was not wearing one. When the Baleno went into the Accent the speed was around 40kmph. My uncle's head went straight into windsheild and gifted him 8 stiches on head. There was one spot of crack on the entire front windsheild.
Because it was their tail light not working + contacts, there were not many arguments and no money give or take.
The photographs ( taken by a journalist at the site of accident ) are in my backup dvd. Will post them later sometime.
So we already knew how important is ABS.
Read carefully here, I am talking about TCS ( Traction Control System ) and ESP ( Electronic Stability Programme ) being relatively not of much use in India. ABS is a must, but also mind that ABS actually increases braking distance in wet and sandy road and also on dirt road ( and we have these kind of road everywhere in India ). However this does not mean that ABS is not important, well, it is one feature that should be made compulsory in all the cars is india and also on two wheelers ( we have that technology also ). |
Sorry for the accident mate. ABS do increase braking distance in wet and sandy roads but you can steer the car if you have ABS. I remember my wagon R was abt to hit a van on lodhi road. Few weeks back there was patch on that lodhi road in delhi a good 2 mtr patch road had been pilled off and all the sediments were in the area 1 mtr by 2 mtr and there were 3-4 patches were there. A Maruti Van Guy idiot applied brakes his car got skid and was abt to loose balance and nobody was there infront of him still that fool applied brakes. Me too try to stop my car but thankfully and i don't know how my wagon R hadnt hit the van just because i applied brakes on that thick sandy patch and almost lost the control and after 3-4 days same thing happened when i was there in my Accent. But i was confident abt the ABS So i increased the speed and as soon i increased the speed a biker was abt to loose control on the same patch. Thank God, I applied Emergency Brakes and steered my car with full control to the left.
Thats the difference.
But yes, Accidents occurs due to other's mistakes too. But Its all abt increasing safety limitations in a car.
I really don't know how many times ABS really saved my car.
Last night only ABS saved me from an accident as the idiot truck driver took his truck infront of me suddenly. I had written abt it on Expressway to Hell thread.
Best results comes when all of them compliments each other, i really love my elantra for this.
ABS + EBD + TCS + BAS + All Wheel Disc Very Very useful on highway driving.
ESP will help in handling the car in emergency situations.