Why did you feel the need to point out i'm on your ignore list? Did you think i'd care?
The only people who don't bother reading threads are stupid people.
The last thing you want to be using in an emergency stop is your handbrake.Maybe it's the lack of cars I've driven, but surely a handbrake as a foot pedal would be an aweful idea, wouldn't you get whiplash or snap the cable by doing an emergency stop?
The last thing you want to be using in an emergency stop is your handbrake.
Maybe it's the lack of cars I've driven, but surely a handbrake as a foot pedal would be an aweful idea, wouldn't you get whiplash or snap the cable by doing an emergency stop?
Personally I think the normal style handbrake works perfectly well. I drove a Passat recently that had a weird little "ashtray lid" type handbrake and that felt really weird
A handbrake just operates on the rear wheels as far as I'm aware which would make it a very bad idea to attempt to use it in an emergency stop. I'm not sure why it would be more likely to give you whiplash than doing an emergency stop with an ordinary footbrake though - if anything it should be less likely since you're braking with 2 out of 4 wheels rather than 4 out of 4 unless I'm misunderstanding your point.
Normal handbrakes work fine for most people sure but it's not necessarily a terrible idea to have a foot operated parking brake - it is perhaps easier to use with automatic cars but even that difference is likely to be negligible, you'd just get used to it.
I never said you should use it in an emergency stop, I'm saying panicing learners might.
Still seems weird to me, I may have to give one of these cars a drive to decide how weird it is lol
It would make 360 hand brake turns while shooting out of the window harder.
I never said you should use it in an emergency stop, I'm saying panicing learners might.
I think I would like it. Sometimes the handbrake can be a bit awkward. Especially in low cars.
Hill starts would be easier, and the shooting lol.
About the panicking learner.. They don't usually push the acceleration by accident.
Is that the right spelling for panicking? Did not know that! Spell check win
Come on folks, no arguments
I thought the foot/hand brake would be weird but I find it's brilliant. I guess it'd be harder to fit the pedal in on a manual car.