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Re:Americans Are Keeping Their Cars Longer, as Vehicle Age H... by aidenn0 on Sunday June 20, 2021 @11:20AM (#27570862)
Not OP, but ABS wasn't mandatory in the US until 1999, about 20 years after the first S class shipped with them.
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Re:Americans Are Keeping Their Cars Longer, as Vehicle Age H... by swimfar on Sunday June 20, 2021 @11:38AM (#27571072)
An earlier form of anti-lock brakes were available in some American cars starting in the late 60's. It was standard in the 1974 Lincoln Continental, 4 years before Mercedes even had it as an option. https://www.hagerty.com/media/archived/antilock-brakes/
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Re:Americans Are Keeping Their Cars Longer, as Vehicle Age H... by joecool1029 on Sunday June 20, 2021 @01:32PM (#27572157)
Only mandatory for trucks. My 2002 miata is a non-ABS car.
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Re:Americans Are Keeping Their Cars Longer, as Vehicle Age H... by lotsofpulp on Sunday June 20, 2021 @11:23AM (#27570906)
Electronic Stability Control is what was mandated in the US a decade ago.
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