An anti-lock braking system, or ABS, is a safety anti-skid braking system used on aircraft and on land vehicles such as cars, motorcycles, trucks and buses. It operates by preventing the wheels from locking up during braking, which keeps the tires in tractive contact with the road surface and lets the driver keep more control over the vehicle while braking hard. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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SignificanceBy automatically pulsing the brakes faster and more consistently than a human driver can, ABS keeps the tires from locking during hard braking, so the driver keeps steering control even in an emergency stop. 1 Connections
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Wikimedia FoundationHistory section, Early systems subsection, Wassel patent sentence
The first proper recognition of the ABS system came later with the German engineer Karl Wässel, whose system for modulating braking power was officially patented in 1928.
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ABS operates by preventing the wheels from locking up during braking, thereby maintaining tractive contact with the road surface and allowing the driver to maintain more control over the vehicle.
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