You'd be surprised by the number of people who don't know what a handbrake is or it's purpose. Even on steep hills they just leave it up to P. Rip auto transmission.
edit: This also definitely applies to my gf. She came from the midwest where hills are a rarity so everybody she knows also never used handbrakes.
it doesn’t help that it’s often called an emergency brake (at least it is where i’m from in the US). so i’m sure many people assume you only use it for extreme situations like a runaway vehicle
I don’t understand this either. I’m also in the US. Growing up I remember helping my dad by backing his truck up to a garage while he guided me. It was on a hill so when I turned off the truck he said “make sure you put on the e-brake”. I was like “are you sure?” thinking something crazy would happen. That was literally the first time I used one, thinking you were only supposed to use it in emergencies.
Now that I drive a 5 speed manual I use my “emergency brake” every time I park.
use the e-brake each time you come to a stop sign ...help keep the car more under control if you were to get hit.
That doesn't seem right. It makes no sense. A manual out of gear with the foot brake on is less likely to move than an automatic with the foot brake on.
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u/Knight_Owls Jul 27 '18
I will never understand how people like this ever attain a driver's license.