*Having had decades of extensive driving during the long cold winters in *western Canada, Qebec and Ontario , I would consider myself a quite skilled *slippery road driver. The worst thing you can do when you go into a skid is *lock your brakes. The best is to turn into the skid and use your accellerator *and steering to bring it back under control. I would rather have any brake *action under my control and hope I can steer out of it without using them.There *are courses up here which teach this technique. ABS seems just damnright *dangerous to me, What happens when that novice (or anyone for that matter) who is used to ABS, when the ABS system fails? * except perhaps for the complete novice who would lock his *brakes out of fear and inexperience. I have also had experiences of *power-steering failure one of which resulted in a serious accident for myself. * *ciao larry *lwalker(a)interlog.com * *Collectors info http://members.xoom.com/T3C *