handbrake is called e-brake?

[Cyber-Mav]

this been on my mind for a while but why people calling the handbrake the e-brake now?
back in the day it was just handbrake or parking brake but now is all e-brake fud.

 

[JohnG7]

Probably as you can still use it if your brakes fail (if still using a cable).

 

[HoneyBadger]

Because the e-brake on some cars has replaced the parking brake, which has typically been called the hand brake.

 

[Kenai]

Americanism

 

[paradigm]

Given the lack of a hand operated lever on a majority of newer cars it certainly makes sense to call it something else.

I’m not certain “e-brake” is that term though, as you’d not use it in most emergency situations. Parking brake I guess makes the most sense!

 

[Yaayuh!]

Probably because it’s electronic and your press a button rather than yanking it with your hand.
Parking brake would be better, but it’s used in hill-hold as well right?

 

[Kenai]

Because it’s electronic and your press a button rather than yanking it with your hand.

If anything I'd have expected it to be the opposite - now they're becoming electronic they're probably less useful as an 'emergency brake'.

 

[Yaayuh!]

If anything I'd have expected it to be the opposite - now they're becoming electronic they're probably less useful as an 'emergency brake'.

I figured e-brake was electronic brake. Is that not the case?

 

[Deleted User 298457]

Americans call the handbrake the 'e' brake (emergency brake). I assume because they rely on 'park' on the transmission?

 

[Kenai]

I figured e-brake was electronic brake?

No, it's emergency brake, the term has been around for ages in the US.

See Tokyo Drift for appropriate usage.

Rip that e-brake!

 

[Cyber-Mav]

Probably as you can still use it if your brakes fail (if still using a cable).

So i drive on motorway 70mph amd my brakes fail so i just yank up the e-brake and all be dandy right?

 

[Semple]

I figured e-brake was electronic brake. Is that not the case?

That's what I thought it meant. It can no longer be called a handbrake because its not applied the same way.

 

[mushtafa]

So i drive on motorway 70mph amd my brakes fail so i just yank up the e-brake and all be dandy right?

Yes, the computer will control the clamping force of the brakes. Try it at slow speed. It shouldn't just lock them if working OK

 

[mushtafa]

Americans call it E brake - short for emergency brake.

We called it handbrake, but moving towards park brake.

 

[Yaayuh!]

No, it's emergency brake, the term has been around for ages in the US.

See Tokyo Drift for appropriate usage.

Rip that e-brake!

I see, I didn’t know that! Clearly haven’t been subjected to those awful films

 

[Cyber-Mav]

Yes, the computer will control the clamping force of the brakes. Try it at slow speed. It shouldn't just lock them if working OK

wot in my mk3 fiesta?

 

[mushtafa]

wot in my mk3 fiesta?

My bad, I thought you were asking a serious question

 

[d_brennen]

More confirmation, if needed, that people are *********

 

[Cyber-Mav]

americans also call the accelerator pedal the gas pedal?? so in uk why dont we call it the petrol pedal?

friend i got in the usa says its because accelerator is too hard a word to spell and gas is easier. lol

 

[tamzzy]

friend i got in the usa says its because accelerator is too hard a word to spell and gas is easier. lol

well they couldn't even spell "all correct" correctly