Boss Audio Systems RIP-496 Owner's Manual download pdf (Page 148)

Remember: Anti-lock doesn’t change the time you need

to get your foot up to the brake pedal or always decrease

stopping distance. If you get too close to the vehicle in

front of you, you won’t have time to apply your brakes

if that vehicle suddenly slows or stops. Always leave

enough room up ahead to stop, even though you have

anti-lock brakes.

Using

Anti-Lock

Don’t pump the brakes. Just hold the brake pedal

down and let anti-lock work for you. You may feel the

system working, or you may notice some noise, but this

is normal.

ABS

ACTIVE

When

your

anti-lock system

is adjusting brake pressure

to help avoid a braking skid,

this light will come on. See

“Anti-Lock Brake System

Active Light” in the Index.

Braking

Emergencies

At some time, nearly every

driver

getsinto

situation

that requires hard braking.

you have anti-lock, you can steer and brake at the

same time. However, if you don’t have anti-lock, your

first reaction

to hit the brake pedal hard and hold it

down

may be the wrong thing to do. Your wheels can

stop rolling. Once they do, the vehicle can’t respond to

your steering, Momentum will carry it in whatever

direction it was headed when the wheels stopped rolling.

That could be

off

the road, into the

very

thing you were

trying to avoid, or into traffic.

If you don’t have anti-lock, use a “squeeze” braking

technique. This

will

give you maximum braking

while

maintaining steering control.

You

do this by pushing on

the brake pedal with steadily increasing pressure.

In an emergency, you will probably want to squeeze the

brakes hard without locking the wheels.

you hear or

feel the wheels sliding, ease

off

the brake pedal. This

will help you retain steering control.

(If

you

have

anti-lock, it’s different: see “Anti-Lock Brakes” in

the Index.)

In many emergencies, steering can help you more than

even the very best braking.

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