Hi guys,
I must admit that I am not a fan of off road driving, but this past weekend I went along with a friend who wanted to see how his (almost) new Jeep Grand Cherokee performed off road. I must also say that I was not impressed, since it seems that on loose sand that brakes don’t work.
According to my friend, the ABS brakes on his Jeep work fine, but if they do, why does it take almost twice as long to stop on sand that it does on a solid surface? To my mind, it seems likely that one can drive off a cliff before the ABS brakes can stop a vehicle on loose surfaces, which makes off road driving an unattractive option, since it can be dangerous. At least, that is how it looks to me.
Can the off road experts here perhaps explain to me why the brakes didn’t seem to work on a loose surface, since I was under the impression that the function of ABS is to decrease stopping distances?