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I was helping one of my friend to pick his hatch back for the last 1 week. He is concerned about security and I had advised him to go for Figo Titanium. Today I got a shocking mail from him:
Well there are lot of things to be discussed on these couple of lines. How ever, I just thought to put some information here which I had passed to him as well.
ABS (Anti-lock braking system) prevents the wheels from locking up (or ceasing to rotate) while braking. Though the pressure applied on the brakes are dependent on the speed of the vehicle, the technology is not bound to any speed higher/lower limit. Making such a technology will be just ridiculous, isn't it? Modern ABS systems are always used with EBD (Electronic Brake force Distribution) which makes it much more secure by locking the wheels from possible slips and skids.
With a ABS, it might take a car 5 seconds to stop from 60 mph ( 96.6 kph ) under ideal conditions, but a wheel that locks up could stop spinning in less than a second (that is where EBD comes into play as it ensures that the vehicle is steady during braking).
When the vehicle speed goes below 19.31 km/h (12 mph), the ABS turns off. If the collision happens at about /more than 12 mph (19.31 kph), Airbags will be activated.
Bottom line is , ABS, EBD & Airbags are in action if the vehicle is above 19.4 km/h
Take a look at the following links for detailed information:
How Airbags works
How Anti-lock brake (ABS) works
How Electronic Brake-force Distribution (EBD) works
Anti-lock Braking System (ABS)
Electronic Brakeforce Distribution (EBD)
Electronic Stability Control (ESP)
Having said this, how easy it is to maintain ABS and Airbag? Ideally, all authorized workshops should be able to carry out the service, right? You guys have any experience?
Executive said that as per expert opinion ABS really works at the speed above 100km. Here we can not drive more than 70km/hr. Now the police is very strict. There is no service available in Kerala for AIR bag. It need to be serviced every 6 months to ensure cylinder full and no leak on airbag. In this case spending 35k is worthless.
ABS (Anti-lock braking system) prevents the wheels from locking up (or ceasing to rotate) while braking. Though the pressure applied on the brakes are dependent on the speed of the vehicle, the technology is not bound to any speed higher/lower limit. Making such a technology will be just ridiculous, isn't it? Modern ABS systems are always used with EBD (Electronic Brake force Distribution) which makes it much more secure by locking the wheels from possible slips and skids.
With a ABS, it might take a car 5 seconds to stop from 60 mph ( 96.6 kph ) under ideal conditions, but a wheel that locks up could stop spinning in less than a second (that is where EBD comes into play as it ensures that the vehicle is steady during braking).
When the vehicle speed goes below 19.31 km/h (12 mph), the ABS turns off. If the collision happens at about /more than 12 mph (19.31 kph), Airbags will be activated.
Bottom line is , ABS, EBD & Airbags are in action if the vehicle is above 19.4 km/h
Take a look at the following links for detailed information:
How Airbags works
How Anti-lock brake (ABS) works
How Electronic Brake-force Distribution (EBD) works
Anti-lock Braking System (ABS)
Electronic Brakeforce Distribution (EBD)
Electronic Stability Control (ESP)
Having said this, how easy it is to maintain ABS and Airbag? Ideally, all authorized workshops should be able to carry out the service, right? You guys have any experience?
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