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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey
I know that emergency brakes wouldn't stop any of the cars I've had when the gas pedal is down...
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They haven't since the stopped calling them "Emergency" brakes, and started calling the "Parking" brakes, many years ago.
But unless the normal brakes are very fucked up, they will overpower the driveline. That's how drag racers with automatic transmissions get a jump start, it's called power braking.
My supercharged '57 Chevy has a Line-Loc. I push on the brakes then hold a button on the shifter handle. When I release the brakes a solenoid keeps only the front brakes locked, and I can spin the rear tires all day long... the car won't move. Oh, and those front brakes are way smaller than anything on the road today.