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Safety features of a car

ABS (anti-locking braking system)

On December 9 1970 Dr. Ing Scherenberg of Germany revealed a system that would revolutionize vehicle handling and road safety. Some 25 years later it was available to people in The Mercedes-Benz G class models in the 1986 range.

The ABS system does exactly what it stands for, it stops the brakes from locking up and therefore stops the wheels from skidding. This makes the car easier to steer and therefore easier to avoid accidents.

The ABS works when the brakes are ‘slammed on’. Instead of the brake fluid pushing the calipers right in causing them to lock on to the wheel, it uses Sensors on the front and rear wheels keep the anti-lock braking system informed about the speed of the wheels at all times. If the wheels lock it will automatically sense it and will release the brakes.

ABS is found in nearly all cars manufactured these days. Because it has been proven that on wet surfaces the braking distance can be cut by almost one third.
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Posted by: Raymon Androckitis

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