On Thu, 29 Apr 2004 21:27:51 +0000, Martin Underwood wrote:

PS: Next week's rant... drivers (especially of automatic cars) who sit with
their foot on the footbrake (instead of slipping the car into neutral and
putting their handbrake on) when they're stopped for ages at traffic
lights - this blinds the driver behind (eg me) at night!

Way off topic, but I agree. Also, it is a safety risk - with the
handbrake off, a car which is rear-end shunted is much more likely to go
into the car in front of it as well, as the shock will cause the driver to
release the footbrake. Even worse, if said driver is at the front they
could be shunted into the path of oncoming traffic, making an already
unpleasant accident even worse.

Mind you, I'd rather they used their footbrake than held the car on the
clutch - apart from wearing their clutch out, this particular breed of
driver tends to roll disconcertingly back and forth, totally oblivious to
the most useful handle that can be found to their left. Said people tend
to use the excuse that overuse of the handbrake will stretch the cable -
but I'd much rather pay for a new handbrake cable than the small fortune
it tends to cost to do a clutch on a modern front-wheel-drive car...

Neil
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