Dave wrote:
hwh wrote:

Mortimer wrote:

"Dave" wrote in message
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and brake lights kept permanently on when drivers are stationary in
a queue of traffic. Why can't people use ther handbrake rather than
footbrake when they are stopped at traffic lights?

I am going to assume that you are getting on in years here. It seems
like the driving schools teach this to drivers going to about 40
years ago.


I'm in my mid 40s. I learned in the early 80s, taught by an ex police
Class 1 driving instructor. Same thing was reiterated when I took my
IAM test ten year later. So are modern-day pupils taught to keep
their foot on the footbrake at traffic lights and not to use the
handbrake? How standards have slipped ;-)


People driving cars with automatic gearboxes keep their foots on the
brake pedal to keep the car from creeping forward.

Foots?

What is wrong with their hand brake then?

It is much easier using the foot brake because then they just have to
shift their foot when the light changes.

gr, hwh