Abstract: In cars, the parking brake, additionally known as emergency brake, hand brake, or brake, is a latching brake sometimes used to keep the vehicle stationary. It’s generally additionally accustomed prevent a vehicle from rolling once the operator desires each foot to work the clutch and throttle pedals. Automobile hand brake sometimes contains a cable directly connected to the brake mechanism on one finish and to a lever or pedal at the driver's position. The mechanism is usually a non-automatic lever (hence the emergency brake name), on the ground on either aspect of the motive force, or a pull handle situated below and close to the wheel column, or a (foot-operated) pedal situated way with the exception of the opposite pedals. Although generally called a hand brake, using it in any emergency wherever the footbrake continues to be operational is probably going to badly upset the brake balance of the automotive and immensely increase the probability of loss of management of the vehicle, for instance by initiating a rear-wheel skid. To boot, the stopping force provided by using the handbrake is tiny and wouldn't considerably aid in stopping the vehicle.

| DOI: 10.17148/IJIREEICE.2022.10528