Preliminary Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Antilock Brake Systems forPassenger Cars

摘要

The accident involved rates of passenger cars equipped with Antilock BrakeSystems (ABS) were compared to the rates of counterpart cars without ABS, based on 1990-92 Florida, Pennsylvania and Missouri data, and the 1989-93 Fatal Accident Reporting System. This statistical analysis of the initial years of exposure of the first groups of cars equipped with ABS showed mixed results.