An anti-compound system is designed to do what?

An anti-compound system is intended to prevent the simultaneous application of the service brakes and the parking brakes. This design helps to ensure that the brakes function as intended, providing safety and maintaining proper control over the vehicle. When the service brakes are applied, the parking brake is automatically released, and vice versa, to avoid any conflict that could arise from both systems being engaged at the same time. This is critical in maintaining the integrity of the braking system and ensuring that the vehicle can stop effectively without risking brake failure or loss of control.

In this context, allowing both brakes to be engaged simultaneously could lead to complications, such as excessive wear on brake components or unforeseen braking force that could affect vehicle handling. Hence, the anti-compound system is specifically engineered to manage these systems' interactions to optimize functionality and safety.