Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
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Maybe you were taught differently to me: I was taught to use the
handbrake as in a manual when holding the car on a hill, to prevent
having to keep your foot on the footbrake and dazzling the person
behind at night time. And to shift into neutral at traffic lights as in
a manual. Park then becomes an auxiliary to the handbrake, a
belt-and-braces equivalent of supplementing the handbrake with leaving
a manual car in gear. And never ever use the left foot on the brake in
any circumstances. My instructor could be a bit dogmatic at times (eg
his phrase "footbrake for stopping the car, handbrake for keeping it
stopped once stationary - no exceptions") but I'm inclined to agree
with him.

Absolutely stupid to only use one foot when you have two.

And there's no reason not to use park in an auto instead of the handbrake
when stopped in traffic, etc.


Quite a few auto users only have one foot available as they are
disabled.