This story appears in the June 13 print edition of Equipment & Maintenance Update, a supplement to Transport Topics. Sales of active safety systems are rising and, as of next summer, the first ...

Question: How do anti-lock braking systems (ABS) work? Answer: ABS uses sensors near each wheel that monitor rotational speed to determine when the wheels are about to lose traction and lock up. The ...

Design Considerations An anti-lock braking system (ABS) is a safety system that allows the wheels on a motor vehicle to continue interacting with the road surface as directed by driver inputs while ...

Anti-lock brake systems for passenger cars, trucks and minivans are on the rise as the balance between cost and technology tips in favor of bringing anti-lock systems down to the middle market. Among ...

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Wayne Cunningham reviews cars and writes about automotive technology for CNET's Roadshow. Prior to the automotive beat, he covered spyware, Web building technologies, and computer hardware. He began ...

Varity Corp., a farm machinery company that has remade itself into a top maker of anti-lock brake systems, says it will invest more than $110 million this year to expand its business, including new ...

It's common practice for automakers to boast about their various "firsts" from their history. For example, many folks know that Ford was the first automaker to perfect the rolling assembly line for ...

A bus that rolled over and crashed on a Texas highway Saturday, killing eight people, was equipped with an anti-lock braking system but it was not active at the time of the accident, the National ...

Matt Nelson is an automotive journalist with nearly a decade of experience in all things cars. He's spent years working at dealerships in sales, finance, and service. He's since traded in his pens and ...