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What should you do if your brakes fail?

Updated: 10/20/2022
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Depends, on when they fail. If you are driving at highway speeds, simply lift off the gas, pull the shift lever to 2nd gear, and after the vehicle slows down to around 30 mph, pull it into 1st gear. While doing this pull the parking brake but do not lock up the rear brakes. If you are in town going slow and the brakes fail, immediately pull the parking brake forcefully but do not lock up rear brakes. This would take practice to be done without loosing control.

If you are taking traffic school on line and need the answer to:

If you experience brake failure, you should do all of the following except:

Turn off your car

What you should do is:

downshift

aim uphill

use your emergency brake.

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