Reasons Why Your Brakes May Be Squealing The sound of screeching tires may be one of the most annoying things you get to hear on the streets. However, for some people, the violent screech of tires and the nauseous whiff of brake fluid can mean something totally different: that their brakes are doing their job of keeping passengers safe from a collision. Brakes are devices that are used to slow rotating wheels until they stop. Friction brakes are the most common examples of such brakes. Brakes like the ones used on everyday vehicles such automobiles, bicycles, trucks and trains use friction between brake pad and a wheel to slow the motion of a vehicle. Properly maintained brakes should work quietly and efficiently to get you safely stopped and keep you stopped. Improperly maintained brakes can put you and your loved ones in grave danger as well as everyone else who is on the road with you. An accident caused by improperly maintained brakes, will not only be costly to you monetarily, but the time and inconvenience of being without your vehicle while it is being repaired, can never be replaced. Let's face it we are all in a hurry to get where we are going, and to get the things done that we need to get done every day. And our vehicles are how we do that. Let us not forget that the braking system of our vehicle is the system that makes sure we do that safely. Sure we have seatbelts and air bags, but we never want those systems to be deployed, because if those systems have to be deployed it means we have already been in an accident. And hopefully they do what they are supposed to do and keep us and our loved ones from being hurt. Of course the very best the way to not have to use those systems is to plan ahead, leave in plenty of time to get where we are going on time, slow down according to the conditions and be alert. But what is someone else isn't as prepared as we are, didn't leave in plenty of time, is going too fast for the condition, or isn't alert. Those and many others are the reasons we have to make sure our brake systems are it top working order. |