Anti-lock braking system
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An anti-lock braking system is a safety anti-skid braking system used on aircraft and on land vehicles, such as cars, motorcycles, trucks, and buses. ABS operates by preventing the wheels from locking
ABS brakes on a BMW motorcycle
A car with a sticker in the rear conveying about having ABS and EBD features
ABS speed sensors
Partially disassembled four-channel hydraulic control unit containing motor, pump and valves
Maxaret
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Dunlop's Maxaret was the first anti-lock braking system to be widely used. Introduced in the early 1950s, Maxaret was rapidly taken up in the aviation world, after testing found a 30% reduction in sto
Anti-lock braking system
…swirling on a heavy brake by the US car manufacturers in Detroit. However, there was no public information of the test results. By the early 1950s, the Dunlop Maxaret anti-skid system was in widespread aviation use in the UK, with aircraft such as the Avro Vulcan and Handley Page Victor, Vickers Viscount, Vickers…
The Jensen FF, which Sports Illustrated called the safest car in the world.