Practice question

A bus with ABS is on a slippery road and the driver must brake hard while steering around an obstacle. What is the correct expectation?

ABS may help maintain steering control by preventing wheel lockup, but the driver must still brake properly and cannot assume a shorter stopping distance
ABS guarantees the bus will stop in half the normal distance
ABS makes steering unnecessary during hard braking
ABS works only if the driver pumps the brake pedal

Answer: A — ABS may help maintain steering control by preventing wheel lockup, but the driver must still brake properly and cannot assume a shorter stopping distance

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