A braking device consisting of a combination of interacting parts that work to slow a motor vehicle.
1 Business is hitting the brakes hard, BCC director general Adam Marshall said.
2 I had a problem with the brakes , but it was my fault.
3 I slammed on the brakes but it was too late, he said.
4 The driver put on his brakes suddenly: there was a road block.
5 England, however, applied the brakes with some disciplined bowling and tight fielding.
6 Optional carbon composite brakes bring you down from speed quickly and efficiently.
7 Here was the cop-car; he could hear the squeal of its brakes .
8 Sienna immediately swerved hard to her right and slammed on the brakes .
9 Safe too, with dual front airbags, electronic stability control and ABS brakes .
10 Is it best to slam on the brakes , turn, or start weaving?
11 The birds flirted up and down the hawthorn bushes and furze brakes .
12 I'll tell you right now I hit them brakes with both feet.
13 Corrections Minister Kelvin Davis ultimately pulled the brakes on the billion-dollar… Audio
14 With a squealing of brakes the machine drew up at the frontier.
15 I no longer fought my instinctive reaction to slam on the brakes .
16 New Zealand First has put the brakes on Labour and… Video, Audio
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