Re:Thanks to Venmo, We Now All Know How Cheap Our Friends Are
by Moru on Monday July 24, 2017 @03:29AM
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And many newer cars will stop the engine if you stop the car with the clutch up. And also can activate the parking break at the same time.
Re:Thanks to Venmo, We Now All Know How Cheap Our Friends Are
by AstralStorm on Monday July 24, 2017 @04:49AM
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Many newer cars don't have a manual clutch anymore, so the brake is the only reasonable way. Idle only will typically coast in those. Parking gear/brake will work but is annoying to use - and it is better to use the foot brake anyway most of the time.
The reasoning given by my driving instructor was that this secures the vehicle and makes things just a little more safe for everyone.
If I am stopped in traffic with my parking brake on and sometime lightly rear-ends me, my vehicle may not move at all. If my parking brake were not applied, the probability of my vehicle not moving at all drops significantly.
If I am rear-ended without the parking brake applied such that my vehicle rear-ends someone in-front of me, I am partially responsible for the damage caused ahead due to my failure to secure my vehicle.
This is only tangentially related to taking my foot of the clutch. I depress the clutch in order to apply the parking brake correctly. Once the parking brake is applied, I simply have no need to continue to depress the clutch.
It takes me very little time to apply the parking brake and then release it and so I tend to do so when stopping for more than a second or two.