In case of brake failure, why isn’t going resverse and gassing correct solution?
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A few people have already answered about why reverse wont work and to downshift so i’ll just add that cars have a handbrake/emergency brake. Very gently lifting this will start to engage the brakes using the brake cable rather than the hydraulic footbrake system. Some cars dont allow the handbrake to work while moving though to prevent the wheels locking up, including mine (which makes handbrake turns impossible, annoyingly) but my old car could do this
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