ABS is reactive. Lock the wheels it reacts. Don't brake hard enough to get into deep slip it does nothing. Take the bulb out if it bothers you but you can ride like it's 1969 just fine. The law in "civilised" places may not agree that you have the brains to be trusted with a non-ABS vehicle, but in those places you can get it fixed.
Cars, trucks and some BMW's are different, the servos and other interactions might leave minimum residual performance.Ride these to the dealers like the brakes are from 1869.
The only dangerous ABS failure I've seen in 15 years in the industry was through corroded sensor rings. Pull the fuse and you then had a perfectly drivable non-ABS vehicle.
Andy
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