Antilock Braking Systems: Traffic Safety Tips

007437551996PDFBriefHS-042 261Traffic safetyBrakesAntilock brake systemsantilock brakesbrake systemsUnited StatesUnited States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationUnited States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationNTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Highway SafetyUS Transportation CollectionThis fact sheet, the NHTSA Facts: Summer 1996, defines antilock braking systems, and discusses their benefits, how they work, and their major components. It also details how one would get used to antilock brakes, discussing how they feel and operate somewhat differently from the brakes motorists may have become used to on their vehicles.83