Consumer Reports has no financial relationship with advertisers on this site. A winter car emergency kit makes for a good, practical holiday gift for the drivers in your family, including yourself.

Have you been putting off converting your rear drum brakes to disc because you don't want to lose you emergency brake? Sure, you can use certain disc-brake calipers with provisions for emergency ...

All of us can understand the concepts of having properly "sized" and maintained brakes, never driving faster than your car can stop, and, drum roll please...always having ample stopping power for a ...

When the first parking brake was made, it was a safety device that was created to give vehicles an extra sense of security when parked. Parking brakes, also known as emergency brakes, are typically ...