On 24/01/2020 19:55, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
On 24/01/2020 12:41, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 24/01/2020 11:18, NY wrote:
Sadly, more and more drivers use their footbrake all the time that
they are stopped - do they even know where the handbrake is? I
suspect the worst culprits are those with automatic transmission who
stay in Drive with the footbrake on to prevent them creeping
forwards, rather than knocking it into neutral until they are about
to set off again.

The use of the handbrake is mandatory in a clutched car. Your left
foot has to be on the clutch and the right on the accelerator.
In the case of an automatioc its almost the exact opposite. You have
to learn to left foot brake to control the car in theÂ* same way you
can a clutched car: that is, fixed accelerator and then control uptake
on the left foot by releasing the brake insietd of the clutch.

My current car has an electric motorised handbrake. It's called a
'parking brake' and thats ALL it is designed for, and its riddy
awkward to iuse in a traffic queue on a slope as it takes an
appreciable time to disengage


hate those things very dangerous.....

plus in 10 years or much less where are you going to get a replacement
purpose made one of design led light unit for your latest super whizzz
digital crap LED mobile ?....plus you have a few COB led arrays ...how
many are going to die quite soon?......load of pish old fashioned bulbs
in light units for me...stuff it all...I stupidly bought one last week
and one of the four sides with two leds died within a week.....you waste
your money to "keep up to date"..I'm not.....very long life span my
arse.....