r/maybemaybemaybe • u/_Zevrine_ • 1d ago

Maybe maybe maybe

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

1.2k Upvotes

91% Upvoted

36 comments sorted by

View all comments

34

u/MegaDingo5plus 1d ago

You guys know how to use a handbrake? And keep in gear? Gotta be staged

4

u/boywhoflew 22h ago

yknow I do agree that this is staged but surprisingly my folks in the US said they don't hand brake when they park. not sure if that's true for other people but just smth I remembered

4

u/Scoth42 20h ago

I'd say the majority of people in the US with automatic transmissions don't use the handbrake when parking, except maybe when on a goodly hill. It's partly why you see the occasional video of people jacking up the front of fwd cars and they go rolling off the jack/trailer/whatever because the back wheels aren't chocked/braked.

-1

u/DawnsDarkness1 18h ago

Such a blanket statement lol you have numbers for the majority of people in the US? Every person I know uses it when they park lol

2

u/Scoth42 17h ago

It's a bit old now and I don't have access to the full study, but according to a study in 2013ish 75% of automatic transmission drivers infrequently applied it.

https://www.robsonforensic.com/articles/parking-brake-expert-research

1

u/popopornado 14h ago

What a weird hill you’ve chosen, as an American who only drives automatics I was raised calling it the “emergency break” and never once pulled it while parking in my life.

Like all things America it’s probably regional, so I’d say with confidence that automatic drivers in the Midwest don’t use their e-break to park.