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In message <97Apr14.144235edt.8069-2@gateway.nwh.org> "Sean Ford" writes:
> I believe ABS releases a locked brake only when others are still spinning.
> Of course, if you are traversing a perfectly smooth sheet of ice and all 4
> wheels lock up... well, then your ABS computer thinks that your car is
> sitting still!
Which is the reason Audi started fitting an accelerometer from around 1988/9
onwards - the ABS can then detect a car that is still moving but has all its
wheels locked.
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Phil Payne
phil@sievers.com
Committee Member, UK Audi [ur-]quattro Owners Club