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Many people never use their parking / emergency brakes, which can put agreat deal of pressure on the little parking pawl, a part of the automatic transmission whichholds all three to fivethousand pounds of a modern car, truck, or SUV.
One approach to the problem is using electrically operated, electronically controlled, automatic parking brakes (a control for one is shown on the right).
Electric parking brakeswork automatically, so people who don’t normally use the parking brakes have no choice.
They also fix the problem of owners who don’t apply the brake enough to actually stop the car from moving (especially withhand-operated parking brakes, and any manually adjusted parking brakes that are neglected by owners and dealers alike). (...) →
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One approach to the problem is using electrically operated, electronically controlled, automatic parking brakes (a control for one is shown on the right).
Electric parking brakeswork automatically, so people who don’t normally use the parking brakes have no choice.
They also fix the problem of owners who don’t apply the brake enough to actually stop the car from moving (especially withhand-operated parking brakes, and any manually adjusted parking brakes that are neglected by owners and dealers alike). (...) →
More...