In freezing temperatures, your brakes are very wet. Why should you avoid setting the parking brake in this situation?

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The wet brakes can freeze once the parking brake is set, immobilizing the vehicle; if you're parking now, use wheel chocks on level ground instead, or if you need to keep driving, drive lightly in a low gear to heat and dry the brakes before later relying on the parking brake

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It will drain the air tanks faster than normal

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It is against federal law to use a parking brake when the temperature is below freezing

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It will permanently trigger the low air pressure warning light