Brakes are critical elements of the mechanics that make your vehicle operational. Most of the components on your car, truck or SUV are designed to get the engine running, keep it running and to make you go. The primary role of your brakes are to bring your vehicle to a safe stop.

Actually, your brakes do something else, too. They provide confidence that you can stop while all those other mechanical parts make it go.

Imagine if you had no confidence in your brakes. How fast would you drive? How far ahead of time would you start applying the brakes while praying that they’ll work.

Possibly the one thing that is worse than driving down the road without confidence in your brakes is to drive down the road with complete confidence that is undeserved. Undeserved confidence in your brakes is generally resolved when you need your brakes, and they fail to perform as expected. This is a very nasty surprise.

Thankfully, there is a way to avoid both of these issues – have your brakes checked and ensure that they work the way they’re supposed to. Do this and you’ll drive down the road in your car, truck or SUV with full and justified confidence in the ability of your brakes to bring you to a stop when needed.

Checking the brakes is not a big, drawn-out production. At least, it shouldn’t be. Usually, you can have your brakes checked while your car, truck or SUV is in the shop for an oil change or some other service. 

A qualified technician knows what to look for. If there’s nothing wrong, they’ll let you know and now you know your confidence is qualified and appropriate. And if they tell you that there is a problem with your brakes, you can have your brakes fixed. Once again, you’ll be justified in your confidence in your brakes as you drive down the road.

The only squeal you want to feel in your vehicle is the joyful laughter of an infant. The only thumping that is okay is the bass on your stereo while listening to some of your favorite tunes. But when your brakes make noise, you want to check that out. Brake failure is a significant cause of automobile accidents. But it doesn’t take much effort to avoid any such failure with your car, truck or SUV.