>>>>POWER BRAKES>>>>

This is one of the best examples that how the modern sophisticated systems of today can turn out to be a danger to ones life.
All modern cars today are equipped with ‘POWER BRAKES’ so as to increase the efficiency of the Braking system of the vehicle. Power brakes use the power from the engine and the battery to do so. The working of the Power Brakes can be understood in detail over here.
Though, check valve is provided in the system to help the driver stop the vehicle even when the engine stops running, a few factors need to be highlighted here.
The engine must be running in order to have power assist. If the engine stops or stalls while driving, there will have small reserve of power assist for two or three pedal applications but, after that, it will be very difficult to depress the brakes.
Just imagine parking/driving your vehicle downhill, and God Forbids, for some reason your engine stops………..
Read about a real time experience over here.
Thanks to Mandeep Singh Brar…
The X-Man
Manish Saini