emergency brake

Example Sentences

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After seeing Jaiden start to cross the railway, the driver sounded the horn and applied the emergency brake.

From BBC

The emergency brake system, which the driver correctly tried to apply when the cable snapped, did not function properly and was never tested in advance, the report said.

From BBC

The brakeman tried to apply emergency brakes but failed to prevent the derailment, The cause of the crash remains unknown.

From BBC

The brakeman tried to apply emergency brakes but failed to prevent the derailment, the investigators added.

From BBC

They witnessed history when their leader fulfilled a dream to play with his son, they reshaped their culture with one trade and pulled the emergency brake to get out of another.

From Los Angeles Times