Effective braking if your car does not have ABS
- January 21, 2023
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Those who drive cars with advanced active safety systems can always rely on electronic assistants in difficult situations. But what about those who don’t have them? In addition,
Those who drive cars with advanced active safety systems can always rely on electronic assistants in difficult situations. But what about those who don’t have them? In addition, some modern cars can be produced in a “simplified” configuration, since the same AvtoVAZ allows itself to produce cars without ABS. The AvtoVzglyad portal will tell you how to properly slow down the owners of such cars so as not to get into accidents.
Curiously, vehicles not equipped with ABS have a very high risk of an accident while braking while in the flow of modern vehicles. And all because cars with ABS, even under the control of inexperienced drivers, slow down very well, while maintaining controllability. If there is no anti-lock braking system, active braking can not only cause the wheels to lock, which will greatly impair braking dynamics. The car no longer responds to the steering wheel. Which will increase the danger of the situation.
And if you have a manual transmission, there is a risk that you will cut the engine and the car will turn into an unguided missile. How to be? There are simple ways to slow down such cars. For example, pulse braking, when the driver begins to apply quick and hard strokes to the brake pedal, simulating the operation of a single-channel ABS system. In this case, the frequency of beats should be about 4 times per second. This means that the right leg will work on weight with the obligatory separation of the heel from the floor.
For effective braking, we use the thigh muscles with a tensed ankle and correctly selected removal of the “fifth point” of the pedal assembly. And here, unlike cars with ABS, there are no compromises. When the brake pedal is fully depressed, the knee joint should maintain an angle of 120 degrees, making it easy to apply the necessary effort. By the way, four pedal presses per second is a very high frequency, which not even all professional racers can achieve. But it is possible.
We can also use other ways to quit. In the absence of ABS, you can brake to the point of locking the wheels. Admittedly, this method requires the pilot to have more advanced skills to understand what is happening with the wheels. After all, we no longer have an electronic assistant. In addition, in the case of braking to the point of lock, it must be remembered that as the car slows down, we must gently reduce the force on the pedals, since the amount of kinetic energy that the car has decreases.
In the case of a manual gearbox, the situation is further complicated by the fact that, as the speed drops, you are forced to downshift so as not to turn off the engine. If you do this with some advance payment, the car will also brake the engine. Although in the case of a low coefficient of friction, this is not so important. But if you do not master this method perfectly, it is better to resort to impulses.
In any case, during active or emergency braking, the owner of a car without ABS jumps on the brake pedals almost the entire braking distance, which, among other things, causes bewilderment and surprise at how effectively the vehicle slows down. Pay no attention to them. The main thing is to stop as efficiently as possible, and everything else is trifles. In short, simplified cars without ABS demand more professionalism and concentration from their owners. Especially in winter. Well, the rest should understand that if, for example, a Soviet classic follows you, you should not slow down abruptly, so as not to become the author of an offensive accident.
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It is curious that vehicles not equipped with ABS have a very high risk of causing an accident during braking while being in the flow of modern vehicles. And all because cars with ABS, even under the control of inexperienced drivers, slow down very well, while maintaining controllability. If there is no anti-lock braking system, active braking can not only cause the wheels to lock, which will greatly impair braking dynamics. The car no longer responds to the steering wheel. Which will increase the danger of the situation.
And if you have a manual transmission, there is a risk that the engine will shut down and the car will turn into an unguided missile. How to be? There are simple ways to slow down such cars. For example, pulse braking, when the driver begins to apply quick and hard strokes to the brake pedal, simulating the operation of a single-channel ABS system. In this case, the frequency of beats should be about 4 times per second. This means that the right leg will work on weight with the obligatory separation of the heel from the floor.
For effective braking, we use the thigh muscles with a tense ankle and correctly selected removal of the “fifth point” of the pedal assembly. And here, unlike cars with ABS, there are no compromises. When the brake pedal is fully depressed, the knee joint should maintain an angle of 120 degrees, making it easy to apply the necessary effort. By the way, four pedal presses per second is a very high frequency, which not even all professional racers can achieve. But it is possible.
We can also use other ways to quit. In the absence of ABS, you can brake to the point of locking the wheels. Admittedly, this method requires the pilot to have more advanced skills to understand what is happening with the wheels. After all, we no longer have an electronic assistant. In addition, in the case of braking to the point of lock, it must be remembered that as the car slows down, we must gently reduce the force on the pedals, since the amount of kinetic energy that the car has decreases.
In the case of a manual gearbox, the situation is further complicated by the fact that, as the speed drops, you are forced to downshift so as not to turn off the engine. If you do this with some advance payment, the car will also brake the engine. Although in the case of a low coefficient of friction, this is not so important. But if you do not master this method perfectly, it is better to resort to impulses.
In any case, during active or emergency braking, the owner of a car without ABS jumps on the brake pedals almost the entire braking distance, which, among other things, causes bewilderment and surprise at how effectively the vehicle slows down. Pay no attention to them. The main thing is to stop as efficiently as possible, and everything else is trifles. In short, simplified cars without ABS demand more professionalism and concentration from their owners. Especially in winter. Well, the rest should understand that if, for example, a Soviet classic follows you, you should not slow down abruptly, so as not to become the author of an offensive accident.
Source: Avto Vzglyad
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