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  2. Parking brake - Wikipedia

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    In manual transmission vehicles, the parking brake is engaged to help keep the vehicle stationary while parked, especially if parked on an incline. [2] [3]While automatic transmission vehicles have a "Park" gear that immobilizes the transmission, it is still recommended to use the parking brake, as the parking pawl in the gearbox could fail due to stress or another vehicle striking the car ...

  3. Electronic parking brake - Wikipedia

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    Electric park brake in the center console in a Volkswagen Golf Variant. An electronic parking brake (EPB), also known as an electric parking brake or electric park brake, is an electronically controlled parking brake, whereby the driver activates the holding mechanism with a button and the brake pads are electrically applied to the rear wheels. [1]

  4. Parking pawl - Wikipedia

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    The main components of a parking pawl mechanism are the parking gear, parking pawl, actuator rod, cam collar, cam plate, pivot pin, and parking pawl return spring. The mechanism assembly is designed so that the parking pawl tooth collides and overrides the parking gear teeth (ratchets) until a safe engagement speed for the vehicle is reached.

  5. Brake-by-wire - Wikipedia

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    Brake by wire is now a mature concept in its application to vehicle parking brakes. The electronic parking brake (EPB) was introduced in the early 2000s by BMW and Audi on their top line models (the 7 Series and A8 respectively) to dispense with the traditional cable operated system (operated via a lever between the seats or via a foot pedal ...

  6. Judge grants 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports' request ...

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    Both 23XI and Front Row competed as two-car teams in 2024. 23XI, the team co-owned by Michael Jordan and NASCAR Cup Series driver Denny Hamlin, fielded cars for Bubba Wallace and Tyler Reddick ...

  7. Jay-Z accused in a lawsuit of raping a 13-year-old girl in ...

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    Jay-Z, the star rapper and entrepreneur whose real name is Shawn Carter, was accused in a lawsuit Sunday of raping a 13-year-old girl in 2000 allegedly along with Sean “Diddy” Combs.

  8. Car controls - Wikipedia

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    (The pedal on the left is the parking brake). In modern cars the four-wheel braking system is controlled by a pedal to the left of the accelerator pedal. There is usually also a parking brake which operates the rear brakes only (or less commonly, the front brakes only, as in the Saab 99 and in the Citroën Xantia).

  9. 21 Vintage Photos of Christmas Window Displays From the Last ...

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    So, grab your merry ... Dr. Seuss' "Cat in the Hat" character lounges on a pile of books in this holiday Macy's window display on November 23, 1995. New York Daily News Archive - Getty Images.