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  • Left-foot braking is the technique of using the left foot to operate the brake pedal in an automobile, leaving the right foot dedicated to the throttle...
    9 KB (1,137 words) - 21:44, 4 July 2024
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    In road vehicles, the parking brake, also known as a handbrake or emergency brake (e-brake), is a mechanism used to keep the vehicle securely motionless...
    18 KB (2,262 words) - 07:57, 30 June 2024
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    An anti-lock braking system (ABS) is a safety anti-skid braking system used on aircraft and on land vehicles, such as cars, motorcycles, trucks, and buses...
    61 KB (7,490 words) - 04:54, 3 July 2024
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    break' (see brake) Band brake Bicycle brake systems Brake-by-wire (or electromechanical braking) Brake bleeding Brake lining Brake tester Brake wear indicator...
    21 KB (2,690 words) - 21:47, 10 June 2024
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    less common form of foot braking is frog braking. This is where the rider grabs rail on both sides of the board and then stomps a foot down while crouched...
    34 KB (4,838 words) - 16:18, 2 August 2024
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    engine braking reduces the need to repeatedly apply the foot brake, lowering the risk of the brakes overheating. While some of the braking force is...
    12 KB (1,645 words) - 02:46, 26 June 2024
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    bicycle brake reduces the speed of a bicycle or prevents the wheels from moving. The two main types are: rim brakes and disc brakes. Drum brakes are less...
    84 KB (11,359 words) - 08:51, 30 July 2024
  • and brake pedals simultaneously with the right foot, while facilitating normal activation of the clutch with the left foot. It is used when braking and...
    5 KB (654 words) - 12:59, 10 July 2024
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    drum brake is a brake that uses friction caused by a set of shoes or pads that press outward against a rotating bowl-shaped part called a brake drum....
    28 KB (4,139 words) - 12:09, 8 May 2024
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    A disc brake is a type of brake that uses the calipers to squeeze pairs of pads against a disc or a rotor to create friction. There are two basic types...
    68 KB (9,031 words) - 06:31, 5 August 2024
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    Richard Colin Brake (born 30 November 1964) is a Welsh actor. Following his film debut in Death Machine (1994), Brake had a supporting role as Joe Chill...
    22 KB (1,773 words) - 06:55, 18 July 2024
  • brake instead of the required foot brake[citation needed]. Thanks to him[citation needed], regulations were changed[citation needed]. The hand brake is...
    3 KB (259 words) - 18:47, 2 March 2024
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    A hydraulic brake is an arrangement of braking mechanism which uses brake fluid, typically containing glycol ethers or diethylene glycol, to transfer...
    23 KB (3,289 words) - 12:01, 11 March 2024
  • engine by engaging a high gear (i.e. 4th, 5th, 6th etc.), with foot brake and parking brake fully applied, and quickly letting out the clutch to slow the...
    6 KB (838 words) - 03:25, 29 January 2024
  • trailer brakes (for example, larger boat trailers, horse trailers, covered utility trailers, enclosed trailers, travel trailers including small 10-foot or...
    5 KB (525 words) - 15:40, 21 August 2023
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    driver, applying the foot brake, could cause the trailer to jackknife because the tractor brakes lock while the trailer brakes are ineffective due to...
    3 KB (401 words) - 19:56, 11 January 2024
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    An air brake or, more formally, a compressed-air-brake system, is a type of friction brake for vehicles in which compressed air pressing on a piston is...
    18 KB (2,153 words) - 16:49, 5 April 2024
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    Car controls (redirect from Brake pedal)
    driver. Normally the throttle and brake are operated by the right foot, while the clutch is operated by the left foot. However, some drivers sometimes...
    19 KB (2,298 words) - 10:13, 23 March 2024
  • accidental actuation of the clutch or brake, also known as left-foot braking, by providing an alternative surface to rest the foot on. The dead pedal became more...
    6 KB (873 words) - 15:45, 1 June 2024
  • to the drum brake via brake lines that transfer pressure from the master cylinder. When the driver pushes the brake pedal with his/her foot, the pistons...
    5 KB (745 words) - 21:39, 13 January 2023
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