More and more cars these days seem to have electric motors operating the handbrake, either built into the calipers or a remote unit still with handbrake cables going to the brakes, but they're only designed to hold the car when already stopped aren't they?
I thought one of the reasons for a handbrake was to use it as an emergency brake, I presume if you were to put an electric brake on while moving it might just lock the wheels up, do they have an interlock perhaps to prevent them from being used while moving? In which case, how do they test them on the MOT rollers etc? So many questions sorry, just curious. They seem like a bad idea or solution to a problem that never existed, and have footbrakes got more reliable so much so that an emergency brake system is deemed to not be necessary?
Are e brakes as powerful as pulling a lever up yourself?
I thought one of the reasons for a handbrake was to use it as an emergency brake, I presume if you were to put an electric brake on while moving it might just lock the wheels up, do they have an interlock perhaps to prevent them from being used while moving? In which case, how do they test them on the MOT rollers etc? So many questions sorry, just curious. They seem like a bad idea or solution to a problem that never existed, and have footbrakes got more reliable so much so that an emergency brake system is deemed to not be necessary?
Are e brakes as powerful as pulling a lever up yourself?
