Can a Human BEAT ABS?

👉 To get started for free, visit or click on the link in the description, and the first 200 of you will get 20% off Brilliant’s annual premium subscription. 💡 Thanks to BRILLIANT for sponsoring this video! Can a human beat ABS? To find out, we tested the braking distance with ABS on against a racing driver and a regular driver with ABS off. So, how does ABS keep that stopping distance so consistent? The Anti-lock Braking System means that the car can stop in the same distance whether it’s your Gran or Lewis Hamilton behind the wheel. It uses wheel speed sensors to detect when a wheel starts to lock up. You can see in the slow motion footage that it’ll then adjust the braking force up to 15 times a second to keep the wheels rolling. The advantage is that you retain as much steering control as possible under heavy braking and the other obvious benefit is that you’re not skidding uncontrollably into an accident. A tyre that’s sk