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It only comes on when it detects one of the drive reals losing traction, it them pulses the brakes in a way to try and get traction back to the slipping wheel.
Its the best thing since sliced bread if you've floored the gas in a high powered v8 without traction control. I have a v8 ute and its so easy to spin the wheels when accelerating hard.