On 23 Oct 2005 at 16:43, Kenneth Waller wrote: > > I would like to be able to turn off my ABS though > Audi used to have a shut off switch in their European models. It presupposes > that the operator is smart enough to know when to shut it off (like in > unpacked > snow).
Most vehicles with traction./stability control allow it to be overridden however I don't know of any ABS enabled vehicle that allows ABS to be actively disabled. Of course the vehicle will disabled ABS if it fails to pass tests after the vehicle is started but really if ABS isn't helping it's either a very poor implementation or you are using the incorrect tyres for the conditions. I had an old '89 Volvo 740 Wagon (don't comment, it was a good wagon), it's ABS implementation was pretty early and it definitely had some strange little quirks. There was one hill terminating in traffic lights that it regularly had a problem with. Right at the bottom of the lights was a small depress/pot-hole and if the wheel caught it whilst coming down the hill often I'd find myself easing into the intersection courtesy of the ABS, not fun. I suspect that the rudimentary wheel rotation sensor systems are a far cry from the current implementations which employ accelerometers and yaw, pitch sensors. Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
