Patent ID: 7644996

Claim:
A method for controlling unintended rolling of a rolling stock, the rolling stock having at least a driver parking brake, an engine, a plurality of wheels and further having an in-vehicle network for signals transmission, the method comprising the steps of: selecting among the signals transmitted over the in-vehicle network, a set of predefined signals; analyzing the status of the selected signals to determine a regulation process to be applied to the rolling stock; monitoring the regulation process; detecting actuation of the driver parking brake and issuing a parking brake signal indicative thereof; detecting the status of the rolling stock engine and issuing an engine signal indicative thereof; detecting rotation of the plurality of wheels and issuing a wheels signal indicative thereof; and comparing a count of the parking brake to lock being locked while the engine is running and the rolling stock is moving, to a predetermined time limit that the parking brake can be locked before being damaged.