parking brake

Example Sentences

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Both the parking brake and auto-hold were in working order, but had not been applied, he added.

From BBC • Jan. 17, 2024

Of these, 299 indicated unexpected parking brake activation, and 19 of these happened while the trucks were being driven.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 28, 2023

Investigators concluded that had Renner set the parking brake, the snowplow would not have rolled forward.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2023

Police, worried about an attack or a bomb, closed streets, though they later learned a motorist had parked and simply forgotten to set the vehicle’s parking brake.

From Washington Post • Sep. 23, 2022

“It’ll be okay,” Fiona says as she pulls up the parking brake.

From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen