[How To Use Anti-Lock Braking Systems]
Hi there smart drivers, Rick with Smart
Drive Test talking to you today about
ABS brakes - anti-lock brakes. Anti-lock
brakes have been around on vehicles for
more than a quarter of a century and you
should know if your vehicle is indeed
equipped with abs brakes. Actually in
this day and age of motor-vehicles, it
would be somewhat surprising that you
didn't have ABS brakes on your vehicle.
Anti-lock brakes prevent wheel lock up;
especially the steer tires in an
emergency braking situation. Essentially
what they will do is release the brakes at small regular intervals.
The way that you know that your vehicle
has ABS braces, as you can see here in
the image, turn the key to the on
position, you'll see the ABS light on the
dash and it should go come on momentarily and then go out.
Once it goes up momentarily,m that means
that the ABS brakes are working normally
on your vehicle. If you haven't
experienced ABS brakes before I do
strongly suggest you go out someplace
and give them a go. Get the vehicle up to
30 or 40 kilometers an hour 15 or 20 miles
an hour for those of you in the United States,
and make a very hard hard brake
application and hold. ABS brakes have to
be held in the 'ON' position - the very hard
'ON' position. Now push back, shutter, noise,
feeling like you're launching the Space
Shuttle - that's all normal with ABS
brakes. So today we have actually the
perfect day for going out and
showing you how ABS brakes work ,because
we've got a skiff of snow on the roads,
which makes them slippery. And the ABS
brakes will engage much more quickly and
are prone to doing that on slippery
conditions. So if you're driving around
in the wintertime, you're going to find
that your ABS brakes come on a lot faster
and engage more quickly than they
normally would under on dry conditions -
in ideal braking situations. So
know that, and as well
ABS brakes are not going to stop you in
a shorter distance, as opposed to
conventional brakes. So know that as well,
that in the wintertime, especially, brake
early, and creep up to where you want to stop
and then
come to a complete stop. So you need to
brake early, that way you don't hit
ice and snow, and the ABS engages and you go skidding through the intersection.
Okay, so we're going to go out to show you
how to use the ABS brakes, and give you
some idea of what you can expect in
terms of ABS brakes. So stick around,
we'll be right back with that
information.
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Hi there smart drivers, welcome back -
talking today about ABS brakes and you
can see that we have a bit of snow on
the road here, which makes it perfect for
us to demonstrate to you how to use ABS
brakes.
And you can hear the noise and the
shutter and that is the ABS brakes
engaging... This is one of the fun lessons
that I give to new students who are
learning how to drive. And actually, I
often do this right at the beginning so
they have a good idea how to brake
aggressively. Here's another one [GRINDING NOISE OF ABS BRAKS ENGAGING]
The vehicle will come to a stop. And you
can hear that grinding noise and you can
feel the vehicle pulsating. You can see
it shaking in the cameras. That is all
normal for ABS brakes.
And if you're not familiar with ABS
brakes and that happens - the first time
that you're on snow or ice, you might find
it a bit disconcerting and wonder what's
going on. But actually ,it's all normal.
So just know that that is going to be
the ABS brakes. We're going to do it one more
time here.
And actually you might find yourself
having to post off the steering wheel to
get the ABS brakes to engage - so that you
can hold the brake pedal on to full
capacity and actually get the ABS brakes
to engage.
There we go - that is
a good demonstration of ABS brakes for
you! Lots of fun!! 80) Quick review of ABS
brakes - go out and try them. If you
haven't had them activate on you before,
go out and try them - especially if you've
got a skiff of skip snow on the road and
whatnot. They're going to engage much
more quickly than if you're on dry
pavement. If you're on dry pavement, you're going
to work pretty hard to get them to
engage. And know that pushback, shutter, noise -
all of that is normal for ABS brakes. If
you don't know you have ABS brakes on
your vehicle, turn the key to the 'ON'
position - the ABS light should come on
momentarily and then go out. That means
that they're working normally. If you
don't find the light on your dash, have a
look in your owners' manual - that too will
tell you. If all else fails, Google could
probably find that information for you
as well.
ABS brakes - they don't stop you in a
shorter distance than standard brakes, so
know that and as well if you're on
slippery conditions, it's probably going
to be a little bit farther because they
activate much more quickly and your
brakes are actually releasing and applying. So stop
back from where you actually want to
stop--not stop, but actually slowed right
down to a crawl--and then creep up to
where you actually want to stop. Question
for my smart drivers: do you know whether
you have ABS on your vehicle or not?
Leave a comment down in the comment
section there, all that helps out the
new drivers learning how to drive.
I'm Rick with Smart Drive Test - thanks
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for watching. Good luck on your road test.
And remember, pick the best answer not
necessarily the right answer.
Have a great day. Bye now!
But it's still pretty slick. I'm sure it's
going to be interesting for the first
day of driving - people getting used to
driving in the snow again!
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