In ,
SpamTrapSeeSig typed, for some strange,
unexplained reason:
: In article , Mortimer
: writes
: 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?
:
: Blame Volvo and the EU: one introduced them, the other mandated them.
: I doubt there's a shred of evidence that high-mounted central brake
: lights are a net safety improvement.
:
: Incidentally, if you think it's bad here, North America is dreadful,
: as most cars are autos and people sit for minutes at a time with a
: foot on the brake pedal, at traffic lights.

Strange. Last time I drove a car in the US (last year as it happens) it
came equipped with a handbrake lever as well as a means of selecting
Neutral.

Ivor