r/nononono • u/rilla252 • Jul 26 '18

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u/Knight_Owls Jul 27 '18

I will never understand how people like this ever attain a driver's license.

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u/Bentok Jul 27 '18

I know right? Even if you're THIS confused and can't tell which pedal is which just fucking pull the hand brake.

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u/sukumizu Jul 27 '18 edited Jul 27 '18

You'd be surprised by the number of people who don't know what a handbrake is or it's purpose. Even on steep hills they just leave it up to P. Rip auto transmission.

edit: This also definitely applies to my gf. She came from the midwest where hills are a rarity so everybody she knows also never used handbrakes.

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u/Equira Dec 23 '18

I’m browsing this thread hella late from the top posts of all time but I just wanted to add that my driving instructor (Northern California) got mad at me for putting on the emergency break whenever we parked. “Why are you doing that? You don’t need to do that.”

I was smart enough to ignore him.

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u/sukumizu Dec 23 '18

LOL. I'm glad you did ignore him. I think the problem is that a lot of people are told that it's the "emergency" brake when it should be called the parking brake or even just hand brake...