A skilled driver with abs is not faster than a skilled driver alone. Here is a test that you can do which will illustrate my point. Get going along on a stretch of road with no one behind you and slam on the brakes hard to activate the abs and mark as far as it takes to stop. Then do the same test and apply the brakes as hard as you can without activating the abs and see how far it takes to stop. ( this may take a few tries if you are not familliar with where the car is about to lock up the wheels but eventually you will figure out where that is and you will have gained a new and valuable skill!) You will see that you can stop sooner if the abs does not activate. A skilled driver will stay on the verge of breaking loose and when some skid starts to occur pressure is released slightly to stop the skid then reapplied to the threshhold of skidding again for optimal braking. The same principles apply to psm If you can use as much power as you can put to the pavement by continuously being on that verge of breaking traction then you will go faster than if your car is not allowing you to do this.
