Brake pads are one of the most overlooked, but vital, parts of our vehicles’ health. Every time you use your car’s brakes, it slightly wears away the brake pad friction material. Over thousands upon ...

Road rage manifests itself in many ways, from drivers honking their horns and yelling to cutting off other people. However, one of the most stressful forms of road rage may be tailgating — when ...

There’s nothing more frustrating than someone who tailgates you on the road, especially when you’re driving the legal speed limit and obeying all other traffic laws. Brake checking is when someone ...

If your car has low brake fluid levels (see “Checking Brake Fluid”), it usually means that there’s a leak somewhere in your wheel cylinders or your brake lines, which are the lines that run underneath ...

Many of the symptoms associated with a brake problem are the result of brake fluid issues (see this link for a list of brake problem symptoms). Fortunately, checking your brake fluid level is a ...

There's one tactic that may be common, but is also dangerous and not worth the risk - brake checking. "Brake checking" is ...

One of the most dangerous actions a driver does without thinking about road safety is brake checking. Yes, many of us would’ve heard this term but not fully understood or paused for a minute to get to ...

Road rage manifests itself in many different ways, including horns blaring, angry shouting of words you can’t say on television and flipping the bird. Sometimes, irate drivers will take out their ...

The importance of wrapping your wheels in the right rubber may be one of those things that’s lost on the general public (not you, of course), but the importance of proper brakes is just common sense.

If you expect your drivers and technicians to care about safety then you need to demonstrate management’s commitment to it as well. Brake hose and tubing will be the focus of this year’s Brake Safety ...

Raul Estefania was driving eastbound along the 94 after 2:30 pm on November 16 when he saw a black Scion tC sitting on its roofline on the side of the freeway. Just minutes before, "The car in front ...