concern in pembina, nd

made it all the way to pembina, nd without further incident. minutes from the canadian border. i've decided not to use the brake pedal from now on; just downshift and use the emergency brake to come to a complete stop. my main concern isn't having the brakes lock on the interstate again; i now know if i'm going fast enough i can burn thru them. the border crossing is what scares me. having my brakes lock on me then. can't accelerate out of locked brakes if i'm already at a complete stop - that's what happened at the target in grand forks, nd.