Automatic braking systems are designed to cut down on the number of crashes, deaths, and injuries, but new data shows the systems in the test rarely worked. In AAA crash testing, the rear automatic ...

Regenerative braking is a key feature in hybrid and electric vehicles (EVs) that enhances efficiency by converting kinetic ...

What is a disc brake system? How can one be faster without adding more ponies to the engine? One way is to make your car lighter. Having a higher power-to-weight ratio will make your car faster since ...

Autonomous emergency braking (AEB) and the fancier advanced emergency braking system (AEBS) are the next big thing in vehicle safety. The NHTSA and Euro NCAP both praise auto-braking systems, but the ...

This article will examine the various types and features of brakes used in emergency and personal vehicles. This column is a component of VFIS' "Operation Safe Arrival" initiative, aimed at ...

The antilock braking system control module is a microprocessor that runs diagnostic checks of a vehicle’s ABS. It processes information from wheel-speed sensors and the hydraulic brake system to ...

Hope brakes have a bleed port (although not a threaded one as with SRAM and Formula brakes) on the caliper, but there is no ...

The issue with any of these is going to be false positives. An false AEB event at 35mph is a significantly less serious situation than one at 62. You are looking at roughly 3 to 4 times the stopping ...

One reason that today's vehicles are the safest in history is that, since 1968, all vehicles come equipped with dual brake systems to ensure that if one set of brakes fails, the other set can still ...

Press a pedal and your car stops, but how? The mechanisms that control a vehicle’s brakes are explained in this simple article. Most drivers understand how their brakes work in the simplest of terms: ...

A stuck brake piston can cause numerous problems in your car, including an increased lack of safety while driving. Here's how ...

I hate them with a vengeance as a cyclist. They NEVER seem to respond in time (and yes I have good lights on my bike) and keep me completely blinded almost until they are on top of me. IMHO they also ...