Four fingers on a worker’s hand were crushed when a press brake cycled while he was reaching into it. His employer was operating the machine normally while it undertook a year-long attempt to add ...

The parking brake (or hand brake) holds one or more brakes continuously in the applied position. The parking brake employs the regular drum brakes on the rear wheel. Instead of hydraulic pressure, ...

Hello Paul, my Toyota Vanguard’s hand brake light keeps flashing off and on. What could be the cause? Angella Hello Angella, the flashing hand brake light could be one of two problems; a fault with ...

My friend Kiko has a problem. He has an addiction to bike polo. He also choses to ride a freewheel bike, which means that with a mallet in his hand he only has one brake. Luckily, Kiko is also a ...

Ford has announced that the 2024 Mustang will get an optional drift brake—basically a hydraulic hand brake for the rear wheels. To get one, Mustang buyers will need to choose the Performance Pack with ...

The crash of a runaway train in Quebec is calling attention to the crucial role of hand brakes in keeping tank cars out of harm's way. The estimated number of hand brakes that must be applied on rail ...

Canadian Pacific Railway is facing allegations it parked a train of 57 loaded rail cars, some carrying dangerous goods, unattended in the dark on a mountain slope above Revelstoke, B.C., without ...