Thread: Everything we know about traffic-calming is wrong
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Old June 21st 04, 09:03 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling,uk.transport,uk.transport.london
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Default Everything we know about traffic-calming is wrong
On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 19:59:49 +0000 (UTC), Tim Woodall
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I don't have any figures for it but I suspect that when braking hard
from high speeds (70mph+) ABS may well enable a car to stop quicker.

I have only ever once managed to skid a car at 70, and that was a BX
with no ABS where the same hydraulics work the brakes and the
suspension. Weight transfer makes it quite hard to skid a car at 70.

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