would normal braking such putting your foot on the brake pedal and pulling up the E brake will make your car stop faster?
2007-12-14 06:39:25 · 9 answers · asked by aye 4 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
No. The e-brake is applying the same brake (in most cars) to one set of tires as the normal brake is. In some cars there is a separate brake that the e-brake applies but once you lock up the tires (which you can easily do with conventional brakes) there is no further advantage.
Also if you have ABS the e-brake will override it causing a loss of stopping power. And the e-brake is not as easy to control as the foot brake.
2007-12-14 06:44:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, normal braking utilizes all your brakes. If you have a vehicle with an anti-seize braking system, pulling on the emergency brake would normally neutralize the ABS system to the rear brakes(some luxury cars negate this with a different type e-brake.) Your normal brakes are activated by hydraulic pressure applied through lines to your front and rear brakes. That hydraulic pressure is approx. 1000 psi whereas the emergency brake cable pulling the 2 brake shoes or pads they activate might have a total overall mechanical pressure of maybe 300psi (I'm close here, its been about 25 years since I studied this but the technology is the same for the e- brake.)
The emergency brake is intended only to keep your vehicle from moving when it is parked or to assist you in stopping if your main brakes have failed. It is good to use your parking brake on a regular basis as it keeps the cable from freezing up and allows your brakes self adjusting feature to function properly.
2007-12-14 07:40:12 · answer #2 · answered by gcgofer 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Where did you Heard That?" Extremely Dangerous!
"Lose Steering Control! Extreme Ware on E-Brake (Rear Brakes) System! Tires Lose Traction With the Road Surface thus Longer Braking Distances! Etc!"
2007-12-14 12:12:58 · answer #3 · answered by sidecar0 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Please don't try this. Your brake system has a non adjustable brake bias adjuster which senses the exact percentage of braking when you apply them. Your system applies a larger percentage of braking to the front wheels first because most of the vehicle weight is on the front.
If too much rear brake bias (emergency brake) is applied the rear wheels would lock up and slide causing you to spin out. The emergency brake system is totally mechanical. It's done by levers, springs and two cables in they're rear joined together to a single cable which connects to your EM brake petal.
2007-12-14 06:53:50 · answer #4 · answered by Country Boy 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Nope. Doesn't matter if you lock the brakes with your foot or the E brake, you stop the same
Allowing the ABS to do their job will give you the fastest, most controlled stops.
2007-12-14 06:50:32 · answer #5 · answered by Mad Jack 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
NO. Your regular foot brakes applies both front and rear (e brake) so it would do no good.
But if you were to apply too much e-brake, you can lock it up and spin out.
Good Luck.
2007-12-14 06:47:39 · answer #6 · answered by Lover not a Fighter 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
e brake locks rear wheels
brakes slow down all the wheels depends on the brake bias which ones they brake harder
it will get a lower stopping distance, but you will ruin your tires and DONT DO IT YOU WILL LOSE CONTROL OF THE CAR THE CAR WILL OVERSTEER AND THERE WILL BE AN ACCIDENT
2007-12-14 07:58:16 · answer #7 · answered by 1999 Nissan Skyline GTR Vspec 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Although I guess theoretically you could stop faster, in practice you'll just lock up the rear wheels and make it much more likely you'll be unable to steer your car and lose control.
2007-12-14 06:44:17 · answer #8 · answered by Tim R 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, in fact it will likely take longer.
2007-12-14 06:47:00 · answer #9 · answered by Rafael P 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋