AWOL:
Sorry, I forgot the smiley after "brick wall"Anyway, you never heard of "the other way of stopping"?
Heard now but never tried 
The problem of driving where I live is the winter is too long with frequent snow. I should stop being cheap and my next car will have ABS. I wonder if someone is interested in making such a "traction lost" sensing arduino. I wonder if falconfour is interested. You would have to be able to read speedometer and tire rotation speed.