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A German taxicab company did a study, pitting half its fleet with ABS against the other half without it. The accident rate stayed the same (in fact, was insignificantly higher) in the half with ABS because the drivers felt overconfident in the braking system:

https://web.archive.org/web/20100921074926/http://psyc.queen...

Yep! But they got to drive more aggressively without a substantial increased risk to their safety! Being able to go faster in the rain is useful in and of itself!

The problem with this combination is that it may reduce the number of crashes/injuries, but increase the number of deaths at the same time

Faster = higher probability of an injurious and/or fatal accident.

So from a safety standpoint, that is a not a win.