The primary purpose of ABS in automobiles is to prevent wheel lock in hard braking situations so that the ability to steer the vehicle remains intact. Thus, steering control is retained, because the wheels still hold their path instead of skidding.
The other useful application of ABS is in situations where not all wheels of the car have exactly same traction, or grip. For example, if a car is being driven on a road with oil on it, lets say in such a way that the right wheels are on oil and the left side wheels are on dry road, applying jamming brakes would result in the car to swerve and spin towards the left, because the right side with less grip would continue to move forward at a greater speed than the left side, which will drastically become slower due to good grip. In such situations, ABS prevents wheel lock, thereby ensuring that the vehicle continues in its straight path, while slowing it down gradually.
However it is also a fact that prevention of wheel lock, while ensuring steering ability and directional control, slightly increases the stopping distance of a car in completely dry situations as compared to a car without ABS.
The purpose of writing the above is to imply that due to the vast dissimilarities between Automotive and Aircraft traction conditions and steering requirements, it is unlikely that Aircraft rely on ABS similar to that found in cars.
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