ABS... Disabling it.. How legal is this?
'lo All,
I know alot of peeps (myself included) disable the ABS for the winter (pull the fuse)
What are the legal implications of this?
If you were involved in an accident (not as a result of doing this), and the police had found that you had disabled the ABS.. can they do owt?
Basically a mate has had an accident and totalled his car. (Car slid on ice at a bend into the path of an oncoming vehicle)
During the conversations with the police, they found that he has pulled the fuse and disabled the ABS. The policeman has now grabbed onto that saying it's illegal and he's made his car unsafe. (We think that last bit is pish)
My thinking is that cars don't need to have ABS, it's an option a lot of cars come fitted with, so what's the problem?
However I can see the thinking along the lines of, the car is designed to have ABS, so you disabling it modifying the car, thus possibly causing the car not to be as safe as it could be?
Your thoughts please everyone?
Anyone in the force that can give a definate answer?
Thanks for all the forthcoming comments.
J