Anti-lock brakes will save your ass.
Almost had another vehicle destroyed today by an ancient in a Buick. This schmendrick decides to turn — across traffic into… NOTHING. He proceeds to drive over the curb to get to a parking lot on the other side.
And who happens to be headed right for him as he pulls this stunt? Your humble correspondent (that’s me, for those of you in Rio Linda). So, how do you make a car decelerate and steer on wet pavement so as to avoid eating Buick for lunch?
Bosch, that’s how. Anti-lock brakes. To paraphrase P. J. O’Rourke - “I don’t know how it happened, the car did it.” I was setting myself up to get in the left lane at the upcoming intersection. So, I let off the gas, and HOLY SHIT A CAR! Instantly both clutch and brakes are pressed with all the might I can muster as I negotiate my way around the back end of the intruder, while simultaneously making sure that I don’t bite the nose off the nice big TRUCK that this Buick was trying to weave around.
Like I said - the car did it. I was just along for the ride. This proves that I was right to insist that I wanted 4 wheel anti-lock disc brakes.