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ABS or Anti-lock Brake Systems, were designed to stop one or more of the tyres on a vehicle from stopping (and hence skidding) when the brakes are applied too firmly for the level of grip (friction) between the tyre and the road surface. In theory the brakes will work from very good grip levels i.e. a dry road and hot "sticky" tyres, to poor levels e.g. low tread depths and deep standing water on the road surface and even when roads are icy. The difficulty with the latter is that all four (if it's a standard passeger car we are considering) wheels may stop turning. The ABS "brain" would say everything is OK, we must have stopped, when in fact the vehicle was in a four wheel slide!!! For this reason, don't think you are invincible if you have ABS and the roads are icy - You will come unstuck!
The answer to the specific question ABS front or rear is simple - Both are necessary or they achieve nothing. If you stop the rear nicely, but the front skids, you will carry on in a straight line. If you stop the front of the car and the rear skids, you will soon find yourself overtaken by your back wheels - Very scary, and there's not a thing you can do!!
This last situation is the one you can avoid by having your best tyres on the rear. YES, I said best on the rear, regardless of whether you have front or rear wheel drive, you can steer the front if you lose a bit of grip, but if the rear loses grip you cannot steer the back axle, (OK get off your high horses all you Nissan Skyline / Honda whatever it was drivers - Most of us can't, and even you don't have independent rear steer!!!) And if you are worried that you will lose some braking on the front, remember that the weight shifts to the front axle as soon as you brake, so this extra downforce more than compensates for the more worn tyres here - Trust me, I've tested this extensively on wet test tracks!
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