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an ABS system uses sensors mounted in each wheel hub to measure the relative speed of rotation of each wheel. If the speed of one wheel slows substantially compared to the others, that wheel will probably have lost traction with the ground and will be skidding. ABS uses a pump system to apply and release the brakes on that particular wheel many times a second to stop the wheel skidding. Like an automatic version of pumping the brake pedal as you are always told to do to stop a skid when learning to drive.

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