THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Friday, January 27, 1995               TAG: 9501270050
SECTION: AUTO WEEKLY              PAGE: H1   EDITION: FINAL 
SOURCE: BY MARY SCULLY
                                             LENGTH: Short :   31 lines

ABS: ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM THANKS TO THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY, RAIN, SNOW AND ICE ARE NOT THE DRIVING HAZARDS THEY ONCE WERE.

[This story is not available electronically. For complete text, please see microfilm.] ILLUSTRATION: Color photo by GARY C. KNAPP

Now that Karen Pulley has a car (her Geo Prizm) with ABS, she's no

longer afraid to drive in the rain. She has had two accidents, both

in the rain, which caused her to slide off the road.

Staff color photos by MARK MITCHELL

An electronic brake control module under the hood of the vehicle. It

operates the anti-lock brake system.

General Motors' anti-locking brake sensor fits on the wheel

assembly.

by CNB