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longer braking distance is completely and woefully bogus. If we used that logic, we'd have to conclude that a car with 2x weight should have 2x braking distance...

am aware, have continuous pneumatic brake connections - even if they are applied electrically. This provides a fail safe in case of a problem with the...

the "hand brake" is normally used only for parking, but for trucks and trains, the hand brake is used for trucks when the air brakes fail (almost impossible...

definitions of things, I fail to see what Wikipedia is for. Clarkson is hardly the only one who uses the term shooting brake in this manner. What it meant...

October 2006 (UTC) Besides, what if the vehicle following you does not have brake assist? Do you let it collide into your rear? Sounds a bit like live and...

whole section as per 2023 fails to explain the front brake is most powerful, and good technique is therefore to let the front brake do more of the work. 80...

An earlier brake failure and runnaway accident occurred on the LNWR line to Holyhead?. Can anyone remember which? Syd1435 01:37, 2004 Nov 23 (UTC) Clarified...

wheel speed of a heavy truck as use of the wheel brakes alone will cause them to overheat and fail, resulting in 'runaway' truck on a 'decline', ie....

about to see this installed. What is meant with "this" - 'regenerative braking' or 'large banks of resistors' ? 213.51.209.230 13:32, 21 Aug 2004 (UTC)...

2011 (UTC) Any evidence of when the fail-safe design became available? An electric gas valve for a pressure driven brake release, eventually solved all of...

The road sign in Yunnan is a bad example. There are two terms for brake fluid, 制动液 being the formal one, 刹车油 is informal but common. So the 刹车水 on that...

a split service brake system or two independently actuated service brake systems", defining a split service brake system as "a brake system consisting...

decription of the self-adjustment capability and the use of drums for parking brakes is mentioned in the article twice. 81.178.235.56 16:39, 19 January 2007...

vacuum brakes employed on heavy road vehicles and if not, why?Myrtone (the strict Australian wikipedian) Use on road vehicles: Vacuum brakes were originally...

page is awfull there is almost no mention whatso ever of motorcycle disk brakes, which are completly diffrent from car ones. There is also next to no mention...

brakes, of the dual-servo, self-adjusting type. Since re-shoeing all four wheels several thousands of miles ago, I have, in a wide variety of braking...

like to see a discussion of modern brake lining materials. There are no specific examples in either disc brake, brake_lining, or clutch, just references...

hahahaha Hello fellow Wikipedians, I have just modified 2 external links on Brake-by-wire. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions...

(Talk) 05:48, 20 May 2008 (UTC) Sorry, this does not belong in this article. Brake power refers to shaft power. Combined cycle systems use the heat output...