These instructions for adjusting your parking brake work only if you have drum brakes on your rear wheels. If you have a manual transmission, you may have a transmission-type parking brake, which ...

Pranksters pulling the subway brakes for no reason are abusing the system, but sometimes the brakes are important safety devices. By James Barron Good morning. It’s Friday. Today we’ll look at when ...

While the parking brake is often associated with steep hills, the truth is that you should be using it daily on flat surfaces too. Doing so can take pressure off the transmission and other drive ...

Even though every subway car is equipped with an emergency brake, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority says the brakes shouldn't be used during most emergencies. If there's a crime, fire, or ...

I have a 2022 Subaru Outback, the replacement for my previous 18-year-old Subaru Forester. Now I am mostly comfortable with all the new technology in the car, but what still makes me a little ...

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in April said it will require all new passenger vehicles be equipped with automatic emergency braking systems beginning in model year 2030. The ...

The ongoing evolution of technology sometimes results in some things being left by the wayside. That statement applies as much to personal technology items as it does to automobiles. First, we lost ...

The parking brake, or emergency brake, is usually attached to a car’s rear wheels. On vehicles with rear drum brakes, the parking brake is usually attached with cables to the rear brakes, as shown in ...

When you were in driving school, the question of when to use the emergency brake probably came up. It’s something every driver should know—yet hopefully never have to use in a real emergency. Every ...