I agree...i'm not a big fan of abs in icey conditions...it will scare the hell outta u because u feel hardly any braking forces...where as with non-abs u can feel a slight bit of resistance with the wheels "locked"...u just betta not try to steer..i had gotten so accumstomed to driving without abs that i can almost swear that i can modulate the hell outta standard brakes...no where near 15x a second but enough to be able to steer and brake around an object..the main purpose of abs anyway...not for shortening braking distance as some want to believe