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How should you brake in normal conditions?

  • By pumping the brake hard
  • βœ“ Early and lightly, then more firmly
  • With the handbrake first
  • Late and hard, then release

Correct answer : Early and lightly, then more firmly

Why : The safest way to brake is early and lightly, firmer as you stop, easing off just before the vehicle stops.

Zambian Highway Code (6th ed., RTSA), Rule 134

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