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While a parking brake is usually recognized as an essential and manual vehicle, it should be considered just as important in an automatic transmission vehicle as well. So why do we have a parking brake on our automatic cars? Now it's not for these high-speed J-turns, although I guess if you. . . no, we're not going to get into that today. A parking brake is there to help the car while it is stopped in part. It helps keep the transmission in place with a thing called a parking paw, and it's a manual system that puts a stronger hold on the vehicle than simply putting it in part. The parking brake is a completely mechanical system that bypasses the hydraulic braking system to stop the car from emergency or to keep it in place when parked. Now keep in mind that if the car is hit while parked, the parking brake will provide stability to the vehicle, and in most cases will prevent it from rolling away. Do not forget to disengage the parking brake before driving as it can damage the entire braking system.
