What if you press 'park' while driving a tesla model 3

I accidentally hit park while driving my tesla model 3 at 5 mph instead of autopilot. I wanted to try and engage autopilot at 5 mph to see if it works but instead, the car's brake was automatically applied and it came a full stop in the middle of the road. This got me thinking, what happens if I was driving at 50 mph or 30 mph? this could be dangerous.

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[aivus]

You need to press and hold it to apply emergency brake. It will use parking brakes to stop a car

[gms]

Im driving a neighborhood so nobody gets hurt

[thomasj]

Every car needs a emergency brake. They just use the park brake for a emergency stop. You always have to hold the button (with an electric park brake) to activate the emergency brake.

[hueandsteve]

I’ve been a a bit worried about what would happen if I accidentally hit the park button, so thanks for this.

[FelixMendeldog]

You must /hold/ the button. As it states in the Tesla Owner’s Manual which, sadly, less than 0.01% of owners ever read, that will activate the parking brakes at any speed which—as others have stated—is required by law. (All cars are required to have a secondary braking system for emergencies.) I have tested this on my Tesla Model S while traveling about 60 mph: you get gentle deceleration; when you let go, it lets go. The small, electric screw-drive parking brake calipers are much less powerful than the large, four-piston hydraulic main brakes. When you’re going slowly, the little brakes will jar you to a stop, but at speed, they offer gentle braking. They will bring you to a complete stop if you keep holding the button.

[calebbyers]

Yes I think you need to hold the park button for it to do anything.

[ferminbonzano]

You must press and hold the park button for emergency breaking

[Coco_Chanel]

Thank you so much for making this video I was wondering the same thing for a while lol

[Oppinnindi]

“I’m cruising in a neighbourhood so nobody gets hurt”

[henryleejr]

It’s a terrible design. I have hit it a bunch of times by accident because on my other family cars that is for wipers and wiper fluid. I just held it down this morning while driving to wash windshield and it suddenly locked on the emergency brake, which was dangerous on the road I was on. The park/reverse/drive should never be in an ambiguous place, as it is on my model 3. Should be in a different location that other cars don’t use for something else

[ricardojimenez]

At slow speed if you press and hold. It will lock your tires

[manetho]

do a handbrake turn. think it's possible on snow

[dylanjb]

Parking when your car is still moving is bad because you are using the transmission to stop the car not the brakes

[lennyollitsac.]

Thanks! I was wondering the same thing.

[mikkojamaa]

Do you get a different result when the car is in neutral, not drive?

[adzleo]

The car is smarter than you ! You have to press and hold the park button.

[JasonShipley]

You could also possibly mess the transmission up, damage it or possibly even ruin it

[vambat]

now go 130 mph and press reverse or park