"Rod" wrote in message
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With the specific parking brake I posted about, there is an extra
"pedal" - in the UK, it is to the right of the accelerator and close
up to the side of the well. You have to lift your foot up quite a
long way in order to step on it. As you step on it, the umbrella
thing comes out of the dash (maybe it's from under the dash -
details are hazy). To release it, you grab the umbrella, press on a
lever/button/something and push gently.


IIRC you turn the handle, this releases the ratchet, the various
springs in the linkage / brake mechanism then does the rest.