Electronic stability control is a generic name for a suite of active safety systems that aim to prevent loss of vehicle control, including reducing rollover risk. They work by selectively braking ...

Anti-lock Brake System (ABS) is an active safety feature that helps drivers retain steering control by preventing wheels from locking up during an episode of heavy braking. Wheel lock means that the ...

Outrigger-equipped for test-track safety, a rig demonstrates what happens when its electronic-stability control (ESC) system is not activated. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has ...

Electronic stability control is the most important auto safety innovation since seat belts. That’s the consensus from Consumer Reports, the federal government, the Insurance Institute for Highway ...

Automakers could eliminate most rollover accidents and dramatically cut the number of car-crash deaths if they expanded their use of a computerized stability system to all models, an insurance ...