emergency brake
nounDefinition of emergency brake
: a brake (as on an automobile) that can be used for stopping in the event of failure of the main brakes and to keep the vehicle from rolling when parked
Examples of emergency brake in a Sentence
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Also covered in the $395 course is emergency braking with ABS systems. — Jeff Yip, Houston Chronicle, "Driver education: Shopping for back-to-school wheels takes studious research," 31 July 2019 For months, subway workers had been ringing the alarm that emergency brakes on subway trains were being pulled in apparent acts of deliberate sabotage. — Christina Goldbaum, New York Times, "He Has 17 Transit Arrests. Now It’s a Subway ‘Surfing’ Charge.," 4 Aug. 2019 Adaptive cruise control is available with the $1,300 Driver Assist package, which also comes with a better automatic emergency braking system (no doubt enabled by the cruise control radar). — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, "The 2020 Cadillac XT6: Better than an Escalade in every way," 29 July 2019 Most of the tech components—including ones that reduce fuel consumption and control emergency braking systems—have already been deployed in piecemeal fashion. — Aaron Pressman, Fortune, "Autonomous Trains Are Ready to Roll," 29 July 2019 Video of the Model 3’s exam shows its automatic emergency braking system preventing it from crashing into an inflatable car while moving 50 and 75 kilometers per hour (31 and 47 mph). — Alex Davies, WIRED, "Tesla Model 3 Can Survive a Crash—and Avoid One Too," 3 July 2019 Federal investigators determined the fatal crash could have been avoided had the vehicle’s automatic emergency brakes been enabled. — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, "The Verge 2018 tech report card: Uber," 29 Dec. 2018 For example, Uber had disabled emergency braking on its vehicles to make its cars' driving behavior less erratic. — Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, "Report: Uber self-driving team was preparing for CEO demo before fatal crash," 20 Nov. 2018 Set your emergency brake and take your foot off the brake. — Weldon B. Johnson, azcentral, "Biggest Arizona monsoon threat early in the season? Dust storms," 6 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'emergency brake.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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