He rounded the last corner, used the hand brake to slide to a stop.
A related type called a band brake uses a flexible belt or "band" wrapping around the outside of a drum.
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A friction-plate brake uses a single plate friction surface to engage the input and output members of the clutch.
This other thing to your left is the hand brake and you use that when you park on a hill.
Those brakes use brake drums attached to the wheel with the 5 wheel-screws (Scrub).
The shoe brake uses two curved metal blocks called shoes that fit inside a drum attached to the wheel.
Four drum brakes were using hydraulic system, while mechanical handbrake was effective only on rear wheels.
The brakes, servo assisted, use discs at the front and drum at the rear.
Many older brakes and high-performance models use a two-piece calliper, where the two parts are bolted together.