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The brake pads rub against your wheels(rotars) and creates more friction slowing the movement of the wheels.

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How do you slow down a moving car?

By puting your feet on the brakes


What are automotive brakes?

The system on a car used to slow it down


What force caused the brakes on the car to slow you down?

Friction


How do you slow down your car while driving?

Press the brakes or down shift


How do you slow down a stick shift car?

pump the brakes and downshift.


Why does your car feel as though the brakes are grabbing when you slow down?

Is your car equipped with an ABS system? That keeps the vehicle from locking the brakes to prevent skidding. The brakes automatically "GRAB" on and off to slow without skidding


Why does your car squeak when you use the break or slow down?

you need new brakes


Suppose that you are in a moving car and the motor stops. You step on the brakes and slow the car to half speed. If you release your foot will the car speed up or continue at half speed or slow down?

Assuming you are not pressing down on the gas, when you release the pedal, the car will slow down over time and evetualy come to a stop. Unless you are going down a hill, in which case you will speed up.


What makes your car slow down?

"Brakes" make your car slow down.Additional answerSo does friction and air resistance and the rolling resistance of the rubber tyres.


Do car brakes reduce friction?

No, car brakes actually increase friction in order to slow down or stop the vehicle. When the brakes are applied, they create friction between the brake pads and the brake rotors, converting the kinetic energy of the moving vehicle into heat energy that dissipates, causing the vehicle to slow down.


What part of a car slows it down?

"Brakes" make the whole car slow down.


What are conventional brakes?

This is a mildy interesting question. However, it is very easy to answer. Conventional brakes are brakes that a car uses in order to slow down or stop. Conventional brakes are simply just called brakes.

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