The brake pads rub against your wheels(rotars) and creates more friction slowing the movement of the wheels.
By puting your feet on the brakes
The system on a car used to slow it down
Friction
Press the brakes or down shift
pump the brakes and downshift.
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
you need new brakes
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.
"Brakes" make your car slow down.Additional answerSo does friction and air resistance and the rolling resistance of the rubber tyres.
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.
"Brakes" make the whole car slow down.
You step on the brakes.