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How Does An Anti-Lock Brake System Work & What does it Do?

What do anti-lock brakes do?

If you’ve ever driven or witnessed a car sliding helplessly down the road, you know that skidding tires are basically… useless. When tires start spinning they are not getting needed traction, which makes braking extremely difficult. ABS steps in by preventing the wheels from locking up and the tires from losing traction, thus preventing the skid.

How does ABS work?

While the theory behind ABS is simple, the actual mechanism is a bit more complex.

• This system relies on speed sensors that constantly monitor the speeds of the wheels.
• These sensors send data to the controller, which looks for any extremely rapid de-celerations – this is the first sign that a wheel is about to lock up.
• If the controller senses an unnatural deceleration occurring, it uses a valve in the brake line to decrease pressure on that particular wheel. This causes an acceleration.
• The controller then increases pressure using a pump until the wheel decelerates again, this time less rapidly, at the same rate as the vehicle.

It's no longer necessary to "pump the brakes" because your ABS is essentially doing it for you, only much better, faster, and more accurately.