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Originally Posted by bluesman
The flaw in your logic is that mass (which is what most people wrongly call weight) is the major component of momentum, and momentum is what keeps you sliding when you break loose. The kinetic energy of a car that's sliding on a wet or icy road with wheels locked does more to keep it sliding than its kinetic friction (a fraction of the car's weight) does to stop it.
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ABS - my tires aren't locked up when I'm sliding, the ABS system is working to keep them digging into the snow.