This simple demonstration explains why ABS makes modern cars safer to drive. 1. Tilt your sheet of cardboard to form an inclined ... than a locked wheel. ABS brakes prevent wheels from locking ...

Early on, the driver had to perform ABS duties by repeatedly pumping the brake pedal to prevent the wheels from locking up under heavy braking. It took decades – and a detour via the aviation ...

In both examples, O'Neil's first attempt uses full ABS—he simply mashes the brake pedal and lets the car do the thinking—while the second attempt demonstrates threshold braking, modulating the ...

The ABS control module is a microprocessor that runs diagnostic checks of a vehicle’s antilock braking system and processes information from wheel-speed sensors and the hydraulic brake system to ...

The antilock brake system uses speed sensors to monitor each wheel, ABS electronic control unit to send current to the ABS valves when wheel slip occurs, electrohydraulic ABS valves to ...