Take your foot off the gas and use the emergency break, failing that, the two seconds you have before you hit the intersection try to turn with the traffic, it is better to hit the side of other cars with the side of yours, rather than t-boning a car. Assuming you made it without getting in a wreck, coast to a stop.

Of course the last time my breaks failed, I was on a highway, so I just drove another half an hour to my brothers and replaced the brake calipers.

Accelerate the vehicle to full speed in anticipation of seamlessly gliding between the traffic.

I open the door, jump out and do a really cool roll before landing on my feet.

Peel the tires in a burnout turn while casually stepping out the car with zero inertia effects.

Has happened to me more than once. First try the emergency brake. The one time that failed, I was able to scrub the right side tires against a curb to stop the car.

You could also drop your transmission down a gear, which might damage the transmission, but still better than slamming into another car.

Not much You can do in that situation, except what´s written in post 1. I had this like 3 times, and one time the ABS would fail, which was easier to solve, but meant that i needed four new tires.

The three times were actually not because the break would fail, but ice on the street. Feels bad when You drive / slide downhill and then the red traffic light comes near, but given that few people would drive in these conditions i rated the chances as high that nobody would cross, so i didn´t bother.

Another time i used the curb at one side, to slide downwards, and to actually brake with it - but that´s not very good for the tires either...

And when i wanted to stop in front of a closed gate i would use the emergency brake, the normal brake and try to get my car sideways to the street, so the tires couldn´t roll in that direction, while i would slide that way... And it stopped like 5cm in front of it.

Else if it´s about the actual brakes one could also shift down, and use the engine brake, which doesn´t need to be good for the engine. But ultimately this is why a car has at least two brakes. Of course sad when the emergency brake - breaks because it´s rarely or never used.

Brake with engine dropping to lower gears, then put on neutral and pull handbrake. :P

open door tuck and roll onto floor uwu

Downshift.
E-brake.
Shut off the engine.
Curb it/rail it.

I hit the gas and let jesus take the wheel.

Brakes dont hold with the first option?

Hit the EMERGENCY BRAKES with my HORN BLARING?


i feel like this is a Trap Question.....

First off, what direction and what speed?

what do i do when my brakes fail in a vehicle? HIT THE EMERGENCY BRAKE!

Stay cool in all situations, and coast my beast to bear.

PANIC!!!! and just hope that your adrenaline rush will nerf your pain! 😵

there really is a myriad of different situations(scenarios) that you would need to know.

Are you on(insert different type ground floor)?

Are you in(insert different type weather)?

First and foremost, never, NEVER, give gas(power) to the engine.

The wheels are built for traction, thus they need NO support to 'cling' to the ground they glide upon.


Regardless.


You feel a slipping? Let go and figure it out. You will feel it. :)

Wake up... because I don't have a vehicle of any kind.

Easy. I have E-Brakes. It's basically a backup break in case something like that happens. It's separate from your actual brakes.