The concept
The parking brake is primarily intended to prevent the vehicle from rolling while parked; it brakes the rear wheels.

See also:
Safety
The BMW 650i has not been crash-tested by the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration and Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. Neither organization
typically tests low-volume cars with s ...
The concept
The Active Protection safety package consists
of systems that are independent of each other:
▷ PreCrash
▷ PostCrash ...
Preventing an automatic engine stopwith automatic transmission
The concept
To make it possible to drive away very quickly,
such as at an intersection, the automatic engine
stop can be actively prevented.
Preventing an engine stop using the
brake pedal
The e ...
