"An anti-lock braking system (ABS) is a safety anti-skid braking system used on aircraft and on land vehicles, such as cars, motorcycles, trucks, and buses.[1] ABS operates by preventing the wheels from locking up during braking, thereby maintaining tractive contact with the road surface and allowing the driver to maintain more control over the vehicle."
If I understand both correctly, the implication is that asphalt provides a better (safer / "more secure") grip with vehicle tires, including when ABS kicks in. This is backed up by other comments here talking about how other road surfaces, especially cobblestones, are very slick in rain and even above certain speeds.
So yeah, slightly weird usage of "security" but it does make sense with a bit of context.
This is actually a concern for crowd control. Look up articles about old time street riots, like the Civil War Draft Riots, and you will find mentions [0] of crowds armed with "brick bats":
> At 4 P.M. on July 13, "the children numbering 233, were quietly seated in their school rooms, playing in the nursery, or reclining on a sick bed in the Hospital when an infuriated mob, consisting of several thousand men, women and children, armed with clubs, /brick bats/ etc. advanced upon the Institution."
"brick bats" means chunks of paver stones and bricks, typically pried out of the street, used as improvised projectiles.
InitialLastName|2 years ago
maicro|2 years ago
"An anti-lock braking system (ABS) is a safety anti-skid braking system used on aircraft and on land vehicles, such as cars, motorcycles, trucks, and buses.[1] ABS operates by preventing the wheels from locking up during braking, thereby maintaining tractive contact with the road surface and allowing the driver to maintain more control over the vehicle."
If I understand both correctly, the implication is that asphalt provides a better (safer / "more secure") grip with vehicle tires, including when ABS kicks in. This is backed up by other comments here talking about how other road surfaces, especially cobblestones, are very slick in rain and even above certain speeds.
So yeah, slightly weird usage of "security" but it does make sense with a bit of context.
Have a good day, all.
pimlottc|2 years ago
> At 4 P.M. on July 13, "the children numbering 233, were quietly seated in their school rooms, playing in the nursery, or reclining on a sick bed in the Hospital when an infuriated mob, consisting of several thousand men, women and children, armed with clubs, /brick bats/ etc. advanced upon the Institution."
"brick bats" means chunks of paver stones and bricks, typically pried out of the street, used as improvised projectiles.
0: https://press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/317749.html&title=Th...
Gare|2 years ago
altairTF|2 years ago