It ' s basically the weekend in the US Black Friday <| sep |> If he lacked ABS , you would hear squealing and see tire smoke from him . Also , his stopping distance would be significantly farther . Despite what the automakers say in their data sheets , all stopping distances that were measured without ABS were measured with a professional driver using threshold braking . A normal driver who slams on the breaks in a splitsecond situation like that will slide forward more . Tires are designed to be most effective at their threshold , and are not nearly as effective when sliding otherwise , we wouldn ' t benefit from ABS at all . Without ABS , he would have hit the van at considerable speed . <| sep |> But who ? Who exactly could have seen this coming ?