Impompo yeABS, eguqulelwe njenge "anti-lock brake system" ngesiTshayina, yenye yezinto ezintathu eziphambili kwimbali yokhuseleko lwemoto, kunye neengxowa zomoya kunye namabhanti ezihlalo. Yinkqubo yokulawula ukhuseleko lwemoto kunye neenzuzo ze-anti-skid kunye ne-anti-lock
I-ABS bubuchwephesha obuphuculweyo obusekwe kwisixhobo sokuqhobosha esiqhelekileyo, esinokwahlulwa sibe ziindidi ezimbini zoomatshini kunye ne-elektroniki. Iimoto zale mihla zixhotyiswe ngenani elikhulu le-anti-lock system yokutshixa, i-ABS ayinalo kuphela umsebenzi wokuqhobosha wendlela eqhelekileyo yokuqhobosha, kodwa inokuthintela ukutshixa ivili, ukuze imoto ikwazi ukujika phantsi kobume be-braking, ukuqinisekisa ukuzinza kwendlela yokuqhobosha yemoto, ukuthintela ukwenzeka kwe-side slip kunye nokutenxa, sesona sixhobo sihamba phambili sokuqhobosha ngesixhobo
