A steering apparatus control apparatus, a steering apparatus control method, and a steering system according to the present invention are applied to a vehicle including a steering apparatus configured to be able to control a steering angle of road wheels independently of an operation quantity of a steering operation input member, compare a target yaw rate based on a physical quantity about a running state of the vehicle and the operation quantity of the steering operation input member with an actual yaw rate based on the physical quantity about the running state of the vehicle, and control a steering actuator in a direction in which a yaw rate of the vehicle is cancelled out such that the actual yaw rate approximates the target yaw rate. In this way, vehicle behavior that agrees with driver intention can be realized.

A method for emergency engagement of a holding brake of a vehicle having an electropneumatic brake system. The electropneumatic brake system includes a service brake system with a service brake and a holding brake system with the holding brake. The holding brake system has spring brake cylinders. The service brake system includes a service brake control unit. The electropneumatic braking system includes at least one brake circuit for the service brake and the holding brake. The service and holding brakes may be in separate brake circuits. The spring brake cylinders can be vented when a supply pressure in at least one brake circuit for the service brake decreases. The method includes reducing, via the service brake control unit, the supply pressure in at least one brake circuit for the service brake under a program control in defined conditions.

A braking system for a motorcycle may have at least (a) a first brake associated with a front wheel of the motorcycle, at least a first electro-hydraulic or electro-mechanical actuator, operatively connected to the first brake, (b) at least a first manual actuation command, associated with and corresponding to the at least one first brake, to send a braking request from a user, (c) at least a second brake associated with a rear wheel of the motorcycle, (d) at least a second electro-hydraulic or electro-mechanical actuator, operatively connected to the second brake, (e) at least a second manual actuation command, associated with and corresponding to the at least one second brake, to send a brake request from a user, and (f) a control unit operatively connected to the first manual actuation command, to the second manual actuation command and to the first and second electro-hydraulic or electro-mechanical actuators.

A method for controlling deceleration of a vehicle is provided. The vehicle has a braking system having a braking actuation lever, a braking actuator, and at least one braking device. The method involves measuring a current lever position of the braking actuation lever and a current lever speed of the braking actuation lever, dynamically mapping the current lever position and the current lever speed, processing a deceleration curve as a function of the dynamic mapping, and decelerating the vehicle according to the deceleration curve for each current lever position measured in a lever stroke.

A golf vehicle includes a chassis, a prime mover, a plurality of tractive elements, a motion sensor, an inertial measurement unit (IMU), and a controls system. The motion sensor is configured to acquire data regarding a speed or an acceleration of at least one of the prime mover or the at least one of the plurality of tractive elements. At least one of the plurality of tractive elements is driven by the prime mover. The control system is configured to acquire a first motion characteristic of the golf vehicle from a first source, acquire a second motion characteristic of the golf vehicle from a second source, detect a brake lockup event based on the first motion characteristic and the second motion characteristic, and implement a countermeasure to mitigate the brake lockup event. The first source is the IMU or a global positioning system. The second source is the motion sensor.