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Concerns with developing a brake system performance test focus primarily on questions of variability. 648 stopping distance tests were conducted with three expert drivers in three different cars on wet and dry asphalt with the ABS working and disabled. Developing test procedures requires controlling test variability so that measured differences between vehicles are more than just experimental noise. The objective of this project was to determine the level of variability in stopping distance tests of light vehicles that is due to differences between drivers. 648 stopping distance tests were conducted with three expert drivers in three different cars on wet and dry asphalt with the ABS working and disabled.