How to Operate the Brake Pedal Correctly?

The emergence of motorcars greatly facilitates our lives, no matter where we want to go, it can be easy be reach. At the same time, traffic accidents are also increasing year by year, simply put, sometimes, it is a toy, sometimes it is a thread. Although we can’t totally avoid accidents, the correct operation is the first step to safety. Here we go!

Braking is one of the most basic skills of a driver, but it is also the easiest to ignore. To be much safer, today we mainly discuss how to operate the brake pedal correctly.

How to operate the brake pedal correctly?

Brake slowly. Depress the clutch pedal and release the accelerator pedal at the same time, push the gear lever to the low gear position, then raise the clutch pedal, put your right foot on the brake pedal quickly, and gradually depress the brake pedal forcefully according to the required speed and distance of the parking point until parking.

Emergency braking. Emergency braking is divided into emergency braking when driving at medium and low speeds or at high speeds. Emergency braking when driving at medium and low speeds: hold the steering wheel tightly with both hands, quickly step on the clutch pedal, and almost simultaneously step on the brake pedal, and take a deadly method to stop the car quickly; Emergency braking at high speed: due to the high speed, high inertia and poor stability, in order to increase the braking efficiency and improve the stability of the car, the brake pedal should be stepped on before the wheels are locked. Depress the clutch pedal again to use the low engine speed to control the vehicle speed. After the wheels are locked, the steering of the front wheels loses control, and the body slips easily.

The key points that need to be mastered for emergency braking are: because the steering loses control after the brake is locked, when the car’s inertia travels very close to the obstacle during braking, you can see whether the car can be stopped according to the speed of the car, and you should try to stop the vehicle as much as possible, and go around if you can’t stop. When going around, relax the brake pedal to make the steering wheel play a control role, and then step on the brake pedal after bypassing the obstacle. The vehicle is prone to sideslip during emergency braking, and the brake pedal should be slightly relaxed to adjust the vehicle's body when it is sliding.

Combined braking. The gear lever relaxes the accelerator pedal in the gear, uses the engine speed to drag to reduce the speed, and at the same time step on the brake pedal to brake the wheels. This method of decelerating by engine drag and wheel brake braking is called combined braking. Combined braking is often used when deceleration is required in normal driving.

The key point that should be mastered is: when the vehicle speed is lower than the minimum speed in this gear, it should be shifted to the lower gear in time, otherwise it will accelerate and damage the transmission system.

Intermittent braking. Intermittent braking is a braking method in which the brake pedal is intermittently stepped on and released. When driving downhill in mountainous areas for a long time, the braking system is prone to high temperatures, which reduces the braking performance. In order to prevent the braking system from overheating, drivers often use intermittent braking methods. In addition, the air brake device can also be used for rapid intermittent braking because the air intake is not easy to grasp.

Studies have shown that most traffic accidents are due to no braking in time. Hopefully, this article has given you some warning. If you want to know more knowledge about hard brake pedal lock, please feel free to contact us at sales@kalida.cc or +86 23-67897382.