ATLANTA — New crash test data raises concerns about the effectiveness of automatic emergency brakes. The safety systems only prevented 1 of 40 crashes with oncoming vehicles in AAA testing. AAA crash ...

Regions outside the U.S. with better-organized towns and urban areas get to have all the fun when it comes to adorable little microcars. Japan has its kei cars, and European countries get things like ...

Electronic parking brakes have quietly become one of the most common features in modern cars, including the best electric vehicles, replacing the familiar handbrake lever with a small button tucked ...

Not long ago, I was cruising along an empty country highway when my attention wandered to the electronic parking brake button. With no other cars in sight, I started wondering what would happen if I ...

The parking brake, often referred to as the emergency brake, is critical for keeping a vehicle stationary when parked, especially on an inclined surface. Fewer cars have manual transmissions these ...

The name is somewhat self-explanatory, but the parking brake keeps your vehicle from moving while it's parked. There are two main kinds of parking brakes: lever-operated and electronic. Both are ...

When the first parking brake was made, it was a safety device that was created to give vehicles an extra sense of security when parked. Parking brakes, also known as emergency brakes, are typically ...

Traditional automotive procedure dictates that, when you park your car somewhere, you should shift the gear selector to park and engage the emergency brake. It's definitely important to engage the ...

Where the previous norm for most cars was to have a large manual parking brake jutting out of the center console next to the driver's seat, many modern vehicles are instead equipped with electronic ...

Having driven 5-spd manuals all my life, I've always engaged the parking brake when I park it. I just got the wife a new automatic Mazda Tribute. When we took it in for a minor service problem (less ...