Parking brake in a Dodge ram
A parking brake was a device used to keep an automobile stationary when parked.
They were used in Earth automobiles as early as the 21st century, when they came installed in the Dodge Ram. (ENT: "Carpenter Street")
In the 2240s of the alternate reality, a Chevrolet Corvette driven by a young James T. Kirk had a parking brake which was labeled as such.
In 2258 of the same reality, Captain Christopher Pike sarcastically asked Hikaru Sulu if he had left the parking brake on when the USS Enterprise failed to go to warp. Commander Spock realized that Sulu had forgotten to disengage the external inertial dampener. (Star Trek)