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Colin · 13th May 2008, 01:19

This is a difficult question. I have 30 years of experience and still cannot say I am an expert, so I follow the expert's advice and have the best tyres at the rear. However, when I am on a wet road at high speed I often wonder whether the excellent ABS would be even better if I had more tyre tread depth on the front in an emergency.
My son has a car with no ABS, I worry even more about this 'rule' for him because in my experience I've had more 'near accidents' in a straight line than when going around a corner. I agree that it is more difficult to control a car that loses rear wheel grip, but statistically, how many more times would extra front grip be a benefit?

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Colin Fighter Join Date: 19 May 2005 Location: Watford Age: 46 Posts: 47 Thanks: 1 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts Car: Fiat Ulysse Country of origin:	This is a difficult question. I have 30 years of experience and still cannot say I am an expert, so I follow the expert's advice and have the best tyres at the rear. However, when I am on a wet road at high speed I often wonder whether the excellent ABS would be even better if I had more tyre tread depth on the front in an emergency. My son has a car with no ABS, I worry even more about this 'rule' for him because in my experience I've had more 'near accidents' in a straight line than when going around a corner. I agree that it is more difficult to control a car that loses rear wheel grip, but statistically, how many more times would extra front grip be a benefit?
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