Originally Posted by ALi-B
It is known (can't find the source, sorry) that a human can out perform ABS in the dry and wet. But this human is a racing driver...and has had plenty of test runs and practice beforehand in trying to beat the ABS. So in a one-off situation a good ABS system will win hands down, racing driver or not, wet road or dry road.
That is true where the road offers uniform braking across all four wheels which is often not the case in the real world. A modern ABS system will will work independantly on all four wheels something no driver can do with a single pedal. As an extreme example - imagine a road where the left side wheels are on ice and the right side wheels on tarmac. The ABS will stop the car in a straight line, no driver will without a) spinning or b) taking miles to stop it.
IMHO anyone whose driving style involves use of ABS should be looking at improving their skill level rather rely on it more by disabling the ABS.