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Engine braking
When driving steep downhill for a significant amount of time, if you use the brakes a lot then there is a risk you can get "brake fade" where the brakes just stop working.

In places like the Lake District there will be signs that will say to go into a low gear, the reason for this is so that the engine braking takes the braking so that the foot brake is not being used all the time.