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From: gvcormack@watmum.UUCP (Gordon V. Cormack)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: ABS (Anti-lock Braking Systems)
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Date: Fri, 15-Nov-85 07:17:08 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov 15 07:17:08 1985
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> I'm in the market for a new US car, and I'm really interested in ABS.
> Since the implementation is fairly new, I wondering if anyone out there
> yet has any experience.  

Anti-lock braking is not particularly new.  Lowly Chrysler had such
a system as an option on the full-sized Imperial circa 1970.  I have
read the factory service manual, and the implementation was quite
good -- there was a separate vacuum servo at each wheel and a 
separate angular accelerometer at each wheel.

It seems to me that they missed (and are currently missing) the 
appropriate market segment.  In general, owners of these boats aren't
the slightest bit interested in performance.