Brakes are the most critical system on a car. The fact that your car can stop on a dime every time, without drama, is taken for granted by nearly every driver on the road today. But it comes down to one technology: Anti-lock brakes (ABS).
Once a highly coveted option, ABS is now fully ubiquitous (and mandatory) in all new cars sold in the United States. And it might be the single most important safety technology since the three-point seatbelt.
