What is "brakes"

Usage examples of "brakes".

He was pushing so hard on the brakes to slow the big Vette that he was accidentally pulling up on the steering wheel for leverage.

You should be positioned so that when you have the brakes or clutch fully depressed, you still have your knees bent.

What if your leg is fully extended when the brakes were on full and the pedal level dropped or the brakes started to fade during a real heated drive?

Modern disc and much more efficient drum brakes, or a good combination of both, have changed that.

That is to say, the throttle and the brake pedal must be arranged in a proximity to each other so when the brakes are fully compressed the brake pedal is still slightly higher and directly adjacent to the throttle.

It is the way you handle the steering wheel, the relaxed but alert way you sit, the way you squeeze on or ease off the brakes and throttle.

As the car brakes, that force shifts to the front, adding area to the front tire patch.

Put the brakes on full, just to the locking point, then rapidly come clear off them, then on again full, then off again full, on, off, on, off, rapidly.

Come completely off the brakes for an instant, make your steering correction, straighten the wheel again then continue cadence braking till stopped.

A Corvette driver I knew was having trouble with his brakes one weekend.

He reported his brakes were pulling hard to the right at the end of two long and fast straights.

The number of trucks in the old days that had lost their brakes and taken the straight route down was legendary.

As he hit the brakes the light changed, late afternoon replacing the awesome universal night around them.

It also narrowed, which forced Frank to shift into low and kiss the brakes repeatedly as they negotiated one tight turn after another.

There was a squealing of brakes, car horns honking, and suddenly the other motorcycle, too, had reversed direction and was just behind them.