SUAMICO -- A video recorded on a Wisconsin highway shows a driver engaging in dangerous behavior. It's called "brake checking," and can trigger deadly crashes. The video was posted to Facebook and ...

Kansas law doesn't explicitly prohibit brake checking in Kansas, but it could be defined as reckless driving since it can put ...

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 ...

Dear Car Talk: 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 ...

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 ...

The manual parking brake is going the way of hand-cranked windows, ashtrays, and using a key to start a car—replaced by a small switch you can activate with just the tip of your finger. But is an ...

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 ...

Kia Motors, fresh off the New York auto show debut of its new Optima sedan, will continue to partner with BRAKES (Be Responsible And Keep Everyone Safe) teen driving school in 2015 to offer free ...

Slow, careful driving without hard stops will set your brakes up for success. Otherwise, you face improper bedding, brake ...

A factual look at a semi-truck crash onto a freeway, examining reported possibilities such as distracted driving or brake ...

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