When I was in high school, my car brakes gave out on me while driving down a hill. My memories of the incident are hazy—I remember it as a few seconds that stretched on forever: frantically stomping ...

We’ve all been brake-checked at one time or another. Brake checking refers to the notion that a car ahead of you will pump on its brakes to try and send you a signal. Presumably, the signal primarily ...

Regenerative braking is one of the most appealing aspects of driving an electric vehicle. Lift off the accelerator, the ...

You're coming hot. The corner is looming large out the front glass and you need to get this vehicle slowed down quickly. If you stomp on that brake pedal, you're likely to lock up the wheels and blow ...

A viewer wanted to know: if someone is tailgating me, is it legal for me to pump on my brakes to get them to back off? "Oftentimes, what happens is the driver who is tailgating the person in front of ...

Is it possible to drive with a parking brake on? I was driving, and then all of a sudden my brakes failed (I was going about 50 mph). I swerved off the road and went into a ditch. If I had ...

Left foot braking != riding the brakes. Even if you ride the brakes with your left foot. Wait, that sounded better in my head. [url=http://arstechnica.com/civis ...

Understanding how performance brakes work on the Porsche Taycan is important, and what may sound like an issue may sometimes ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A teen driving safety program is making its way to West Michigan this weekend. The Be Responsible and Keep Everyone Safe program, or BRAKES, will be hosting a driving ...

The National Transportation Safety Board has released its preliminary report from the investigation into the fatal collision between an Uber self-driving vehicle and a pedestrian in Tempe, Arizona ...