Impompo ye-ABS, 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 zanamhlanje zixhotyiswe ngenani elikhulu le-anti-lock braking system, i-ABS ayinayo kuphela umsebenzi wokuqhafaza wenkqubo ye-braking eqhelekileyo, kodwa inokuthintela ukutshixa ivili, ukwenzela ukuba imoto ikwazi ukujika phantsi kwe-braking state, ukuqinisekisa. Ukuzinza kwendlela yokunyathela imoto, ukunqanda ukwenzeka kwecala lokutyibilika kunye nokutenxa, sesona sixhobo sihamba phambili sokuqhobosha kwimoto enesona siphumo siqhoboshayo.