| Increase break wear | |
| Increase fuel efficiency during highway driving | |
| Can cause drive wheels to skid when they have poor traction | |
| Are appropriate only in rainy and snowy conditions |
| Partially engage the clutch before releasing the brake | |
| Use a higher gear | |
| Partially engage the parking brake releasing it as you start moving forward | |
| Use wheel chocks under the front or rear wheels |
| The distance required to stop your vehicle | |
| The distance traveled between when you see a hazard and when you start to take action to avoid it | |
| The distance traveled from the time your brain tells you to brake to the time you stop your vehicle | |
| The distance traveled from the time your brain tells your foot to move from the accelerator to the time you actually push down on the brake pedal |