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No, use the service brake for routine braking.
No. Use the service brake for routine braking; the parking brake keeps the vehicle stationary. Applying it while moving can be dangerous. Some vehicles allow emergency use under the manufacturer’s instructions: do not confuse this with routine use or improvise the procedure. ABS does not authorise every parking-brake application.
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Yes, on every tight bend.
No, use the service brake for routine braking.
Yes, whenever ABS is fitted.
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