Proper way to brake on a steep city hill/downgrade with traffic

If you put on your parking brakes it will (or at least should,) lock up your wheels.

 

I think what you are asking is; if you are on a slope, in traffic, while waiting to get through the stop light, do you pull the parking brake, or hold pressure on the pedal while waiting to advance with traffic?

If that is what you are asking; use foot pressure on the brake pedal to hold the truck.

 

You set your parking breaks, then disconnect your red air hose, chock your wheels and when the light turns green you unchock your wheels,connect your red air line and release the breaks.

....I'm kidding. The break foot pedal is enough.

 

So I've been doing it wrong all these years after all..HHMMmmmmm

 

Well probably. But what else could we expect of such a "ROOKIE!"

 

I dunno, I wasn't really sure exactly what he was asking...

 

The parking brake is for when you actually are stopped. In this case you need to down shift to a safe gear suitable for the traffic flow.