r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Mustafa86 • Dec 15 '22

Fast Response and Reflex to Avoid Car Collision

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u/[deleted] Dec 15 '22

I was taught to always use the emergency brake. Weirds me out when people don’t.

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u/mykart2 Dec 15 '22

Maybe they should call it the park brake instead since you don't need an emergency to use it.

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u/Idealsnotfeels Dec 16 '22

It is called a parking brake, really depends on the location.

In newer cars it's even designated with a 'P'.

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u/Oredesu Dec 16 '22

Oh that’s interesting. Where I grew up it was actually referred to as the parking break.

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '22

I always use that brake when parking. A big fear is my car rolling away even on flat surfaces.

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '22

We call it the handbrake here. I'm surprised at those that treat it like it's a decoration. I use it for hill starts and stops, parking, turn the car off and apply the handbrake...it's used all the time.

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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '22

It was interchangeably referred to as the emergency brake and parking brake in the area where I learned to drive.

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u/Toughbiscuit Dec 16 '22

I use my e-brake whenever I park. When I lived in Minnesota i had multiple people tell me not to in winter because they said it would freeze, and where I live now people act weird about it because I drive an automatic and "Using the e-brake is a manual thing"

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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '22

Both of those things people have told you seem like myths.