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Anti-Locking Brake System Explained

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  ABS is quiet a common word and specs in today running cars, but ever wondered what is ABS how it helps increasing cars performance? In this blog we will try to understand what is ABS in depth. The name itself gives us the insight about how it works. ABS prevent the wheels from completely locking up to improve the stopping distance and increased braking force. You may be wondering? Wait What? " How not locking the wheels will improve the performance of braking , This is thrash" . But indeed in real it really helps improving braking force. To understand this we need to get little bit into " THE DARK SCIENCE" called TIRE DYNAMICS . When we ask someone in road . What is the shape of tire?  98.99% will say it is circle. Some smart kiddoos that sum up to 1% says it is cylinder. But intellectual like me say "CAN NOT BE DETERMINED" ( SARCASM INTENDED).Basically tires look like cylinder , but it is not a perfect cylinder because tires are squeezed on the road t...