parking brake

Example Sentences

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The automaker is recalling more than 870,000 F-150 pickup trucks in the U.S. to fix the electric parking brake.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 28, 2023

When the snowplough started skidding on the ice, Renner said he put a foot out of the cab to check whether Alex was in its way, without setting the parking brake.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2023

He jumped out without setting the emergency parking brake, but later noticed it was heading toward his nephew.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 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

Grandpa Ed finds their spot, yanks the parking brake.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti