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Originally Posted by wodin
On my las driving test, the examiner had me stop on a hill. Then he said "There's a Mercedes stopped an inch behind you, start going without rolling back and hitting it."
Since I was driving a manual transmission Mazda, I pulled the hand brake (parking brake or emergency brake, your choice), slipped the clutch, and rolled off without rolling back the imaginary inch. He just nodded and raised his eyebrows. I passed!
So; they're good for something after all! But I've never been able to figure out what those ones than many American cars have; the ones with the fourth (third for automatic transmissions) pedal on the left (right for Brits, Aussies, and Japanese) side are good for. After all, I only have two feet; can't very well manipulate the accelerator, clutch, and parking brake at the same time!
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M last car (automatic Audi A6) had a great "hand brake". It was a switch on the centre console that you pulled up with a finger to set the brake on. It came off automatically when you put your foot on the accelerator pedal. So easy to use!