handbrake

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    A component in an automobile that is used either as a brake for emergency stopping or keeping a car in place when parked on a steep slope. This brake is engaged by pulling a hand-lever that is generally located next to the driver.

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    "A hand brake lever from a 1990 Geo Storm GSi" by Ildar Sagdejev is licensed under CC BY-SA.

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    Merriam-Webster.com
         N.d.   Handbrake. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hand brake, accessed
             January 14, 2015.