Doug wrote: > ** Reply to message from Ralph Shumaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Wed, 01 Oct > 2008 09:25:10 -0700 > > >> I don't know why people call it an emergency brake. You never use it in >> an emergency unless you want to flip around backwards. >> >> It's a parking brake, no? >> > > it is a mechanical braking system and probably gets its name from when > hydraulics > were not so reliable. It sometimes gets used as a backup to the xmission > locking > mechanism( labled P for Park ) and gets called a parking brake. > > my $.02 >
And almost always should be used with a manual transmission parked on a hill (automatic too, for that matter). And, thank God, I've never had my hydraulic brake system fail me. And in most situations, even emergency situations, using a foot pedal emergency brake can be dangerous, possibly more dangerous than riding it out. -- Fairy tales do not tell children that dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children that dragons can be killed. --G. K. Chesterton (According to Agent Hotchner of Criminal Minds) -- KPLUG-LPSG@kernel-panic.org http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-lpsg
