THIS.
ABS is a God send for the casual starbucks drive thru crawler, who never actually does a full stop test session with the vehicle. The lesser skilled drivers are kept out of the ditch now.
yeah, on smooth, dry pavement you can threshold brake to stop better than ABS with practice, but when pavement is wet, broken, uneven, or you’re turning, things get complicated more quickly. It’s a spring ritual on the bikes to take them out for a hard stop session, and I usually do the Rap the next time out. I’ve gotten unsettled over some road imperfections and had abs kick on, to my shame... :-/
It’s a love hate relationship. On one hand I love that all the electronic gizmos are there to bail me out in some hairy conditions. OTOH, we dumb down the truck to the least common denominator, which is a really poorly skilled driver.