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- From: billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson)
- Subject: Re: Driving without shoes
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.190800.28064@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com>
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon USA
- References: <1992Dec22.135057.8893@nntp.nta.no>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 19:08:00 GMT
- Lines: 25
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- styri@hal.nta.no (YuNoHoo) writes:
- : In article <1992Dec21.210420.3268@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com>, billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com
- : (bill nelson) writes:
- : >
- : > The officers usually state that - when there are skid marks. All it means is
- : > that the person was attempting to make a panic stop. It says nothing at all
- : > about how efficient/effective that effort was.
- :
- : Sometimes skidmarks will tell you. ASB may create a nice on-off-on-off mark.
- : An irregular pattern may indicate defective brakes or an attempt to avoid
- : blocking. Skidmarks that aren't straight also tell a story.
- :
- : > The implication that you can "stand on the breaks" and stop in the shortest
- : > distance. There are only two times when that is true - if you have anti-skid
- : > brakes or if you have defective brakes.
- : ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- :
- : And, you should also have extreme luck. (And, why is the word "defective"
- : used here?)
-
- Because, I consider brakes that are out of adjustment to be defective. If
- you cannot lock up non-ABS brakes, then you cannot shop in as short a distance
- as when the brakes are properly adjusted.
-
- Bill
-