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Yesterday I was driving on I-40 headed into town when I found myself behind a very stinky pickup truck. It was a newish Ford F150 with a camper shell being driven by a guy about my age (in other words a youngster).
I recognized the smell as burning brakes and I could see smoke emanating from the back of the truck. I managed to get in front of him, turned on my flashers and signaled for him to pull over, which he did. On the shoulder, I got out and he got out and I asked "Do you have your parking brake on?" To which he replied, "no, I don't." "Are you sure, I asked?" "Positive, why?" So I told him I had seen smoke coming from his truck and had a strong smell of burning brakes coming into my car from his truck. As we both started to walk around the truck, we could both smell the distinct odor of burning brake pads at the rear. I said, "why don't you double check that parking brake." He pulled the lever to release the brake but at first nothing happened and he said. "see, it's not set." But the pedal looked too low to me so I said, pull that release again, only a little harder. He did and "pop" up popped the parking brake pedal! He did, in fact, have the parking brake on! Of course he was very thankful I had pulled him over otherwise who knows what would have happened. To be fair, this was a new truck for him (I could tell because he still had temp tags on it) so he probably was unaware of how PB looks when it's engages vs not engaged.
I recognized the smell as burning brakes and I could see smoke emanating from the back of the truck. I managed to get in front of him, turned on my flashers and signaled for him to pull over, which he did. On the shoulder, I got out and he got out and I asked "Do you have your parking brake on?" To which he replied, "no, I don't." "Are you sure, I asked?" "Positive, why?" So I told him I had seen smoke coming from his truck and had a strong smell of burning brakes coming into my car from his truck. As we both started to walk around the truck, we could both smell the distinct odor of burning brake pads at the rear. I said, "why don't you double check that parking brake." He pulled the lever to release the brake but at first nothing happened and he said. "see, it's not set." But the pedal looked too low to me so I said, pull that release again, only a little harder. He did and "pop" up popped the parking brake pedal! He did, in fact, have the parking brake on! Of course he was very thankful I had pulled him over otherwise who knows what would have happened. To be fair, this was a new truck for him (I could tell because he still had temp tags on it) so he probably was unaware of how PB looks when it's engages vs not engaged.
I did the exact same thing about a year ago in my TR6. My wife and I went for a drive and took the highway back home. During the drive I smelled "that stink" of burning brakes and wondered where it was coming from. When I got to the top of the exit ramp the back end was SMOKING! I pulled over and told my wife to get out quick. Luckily letting it sit for a while cooled it down enough that we could drive home.
