The larger the vehicle, the greater the friction required to overcome the inertia of the vehicle. If the brake is too tight, it will heat up the brake pads and burn the brake pads, because continuous braking can cause temperature. of the brake pads to hundreds of degrees Celsius and make the brakes ineffective and cause the car to break straight, a very dangerous free fall.
When going downhill or down a pass, many drivers have the habit of applying the foot brake when going downhill to slow down, but braking with the foot brake is completely wrong and causes a lot of danger to their own car. and others as well. More dangerous, when seeing that the brake has started to lose its effect, many drivers try to press the brake deeper, this is a fatal mistake.
If you're driving a manual transmission, hold the clutch and shift the car into lower gears, the car will start to slow down. If you are driving an automatic transmission vehicle, shift the vehicle down to L or D1, D2, D3.
Please note the low gear before going downhill because once the car has gone downhill at high speed, the driver cannot change the gear anymore. The braking force of the engine will be much better and safer than the braking force.
In the event that the brake must be used, the brake must not be continuously checked, but should be firmly pressed to let the vehicle drop completely below the safe speed, then release the brake completely. This action can be repeated, but absolutely do not keep the brake in the braking state.
Therefore, the safe downhill descent must depend on the slope, geographical conditions, terrain conditions, and traffic conditions to decide where to put the gear lever. However, do not shift gears to a too low gear because it will cause the car to be close and the revs will go up.
In Vietnam, there are many passes such as Bao Loc, Hai Van, Khanh Le, etc., so drivers need to learn the knowledge, skills as well as based on their inherent driving experience to drive safely!
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