The following statement can be attributed to Rosemarie Kitchin, Director of the ABS Education Alliance, in response to the publicity about light trucks equipped with anti-lock brakes (ABS):

Research Triangle Park, NC -- July 22, 1999
The ABS Education Alliance wants to comment about the recent publicity regarding anti-lock brake-equipped vehicles.

The ABS Education Alliance wants to reassure drivers who may be concerned about their anti-lock brake systems.

With nearly 68 million ABS-equipped vehicles on North American roads, it is critical that drivers become familiar with how ABS feels, sounds and works.

ABS is widely recognized by safety groups and an increasing number of drivers as one of the most significant safety advances in modern automotive engineering. The ability to maintain vehicle control during emergency braking is the most important benefit of ABS, which is designed to prevent wheel lock and skidding to help drivers maintain steering control.

It allows you to steer your vehicle where you want it to go. For a lot of drivers who learned different techniques to recover from wheel lock or a skid, it is a new way of handling their vehicles.

When ABS is engaged, drivers of many systems may hear grinding sounds, or feel pedal pulsations or pushback. This indicates their ABS is activated.

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