Mandatory ABS: Why Every Street Motorcycle Needs an Anti-Lock Braking System

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Every motorcycle designed for on-street use should be equipped with an anti-lock braking system (ABS), and it baffles me why Congress hasn’t federally mandated it already.

The only reason I can come up with is that proponents for ABS are using the wrong argument. ABS supporters argue that ABS allows most riders to stop faster, while ABS haters say that some riders can stop faster without ABS.

In this case, both sides are correct—so Congress does nothing. But here’s the part that’s been missing from the debate.

The real benefit of ABS on motorcycles has nothing to do with stopping distances and everything to do with keeping riders from triggering rider-induced lowside and highside crashes.

In the articles below, I’ll present the arguments for and against ABS.

I’ll also explain why mandating ABS on all street motorcycles is the single most important thing that can be done to reduce motorcycle fatalities.

Making ABS mandatory on all motorcycles designed for on-street use is so important that I’m asking everyone to pass along a link to this page to their Congressional representatives.

Together, we can get this done.

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