People get to hyped up about brakes. My first car was a 1935 Buick. Mechanical brakes worked great. And, when needing to stop fast in an emergency you just pulled the hand brake lever with your thumb pressing down on the release button so the hand brake could be moved forward instantly if you wanted to ease of the brakes without delay and you got so much better leverage because the hand brake lever was a lot longer lever then the brake pedal so you where able to bring the car to a fast stop.
