When the anti-lock braking system (ABS) comes into operation, what effect does it have on the braking circuit?

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The ABS (Anti-lock Braking System) has the main function of preventing the wheels from locking during an emergency stop or on low-grip surfaces, thus ensuring the ability to steer the vehicle. When the sensors detect that a wheel is about to lock, the control unit modulates and reduces the pressure of the braking circuit at that wheel intermittently and very quickly, keeping it rolling at the optimum limit of grip. That is why it modulates and regulates the pressure reaching the braking elements. Multiplying the pedal force is not its task, because that belongs to the brake booster or the brake assist system (BAS). And eliminating the loss of braking due to overheating is false, because fading, or brake fatigue, is caused by prolonged overheating of the system through continuous friction, a phenomenon that the ABS cannot prevent.

When the anti-lock braking system (ABS) comes into operation, what effect does it have on the braking circuit?

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