People not using parking brakes / curbing tires

[michaelluscher]

Originally Posted By: exranger06
Forget to set the brake and let the vehicle roll away and kill someone... Can't do that with an automatic!

Ya Ya, Cuz Parking pawl's don't get stressed and break. Paradoxically because you didn't use the [censored] parking brake!
Remember the roll over deaths because of auto trans selectors that wouldn't fully engage park?
It would slip into R or N and several people were killed.

Wouldn't have happened if the PB was on

 

[supton]

Originally Posted By: Astro14
I set the parking brake first, then select park in my automatic cars. My driveway is sloped, this order of doing things makes it far easier to pull the car into R or D the next morning... And yes, on some of the cars, the PB adjusts the rear drums (Toyotas)


I've been doing that actually. I have not looked at the setup, but for some reason my Tundra rolls far with the parking brake. Well, an inch or two, but it feels far. So I usually set the brake, shift to neutral, let it roll, then hit park.

Took me a long time to realize why the parking brake sucked on my Jetta: when the pads freeze to the caliper they aren't able to hit the rotor! Am trying to lube those yearly now on all vehicles.

 

[Colt45ws]

One of the things Ive heard as an excuse is "they'll stick"
Older cars, especially from people who didnt use the parking brake, tend to be rusted out. Usually they engage fine, but then will not release.
I had to do a lot of work on my CVPI as far as that. Everything was frozen, even the cable. HAd to put on new shoes too because the lining fell off one shoe as soon as I pulled the rotor.
I don't think those cops ever used the PB.

 

[supton]

I've had it stick, on a well-used truck that I got. No idea if the PO used it much; and it had seen several years of salty roads by then (and it was an Isuzu, so it was rusty).

I've simply "always" used my PB since then, pretty easy since they been all stick. Wound up replacing one caliper after a brake pad change, as it suddenly wouldn't release (not a fault of the cable) and then not too later a cable started freezing up in the cold (fault of the cable).

 

[hattaresguy]

Next to a house we were building a neighbors old Ford Explorer parked farther up a hill came out of park and rolled into one of our dump trucks. Smashed up the Explorer's rear hatch pretty good, and if it had happened a few minutes sooner probably would have killed the cop that was standing their.

We need vehicle inspections in this country, many older cars don't have functioning parking brakes.

 

[strat81]

Originally Posted By: Rolla07
I agree its careless but why was she walking on the street and not sidewalk?!!


Must be from Nebraska. People here walk in the street all the time, despite having a perfectly good sidewalk.

 

[hattaresguy]

Last time I was out their it was so empty it seemed you could walk anywhere. Omaha is pretty much vacant, I was jay walking across 4 lane roads because their was not a car to be seen either way.

 

[SwampSurvivor]

Originally Posted By: hattaresguy
Next to a house we were building a neighbors old Ford Explorer parked farther up a hill came out of park and rolled into one of our dump trucks. Smashed up the Explorer's rear hatch pretty good, and if it had happened a few minutes sooner probably would have killed the cop that was standing their.

We need vehicle inspections in this country, many older cars don't have functioning parking brakes.


That's not inspection criteria though.

 

[hattaresguy]

In Europe it is.

 

[Andy636]

Originally Posted By: hattaresguy
In Europe it is.


You are right, you also have to have good hand brake distribution 45/55 (min/max) and your brakes need to start engaging by the lever's 4th click

 

[earlyre]

This country is far overdue for something analogous to an MOT/Shaken.

Shaken

MOT

 

[andyd]

My old cars don't need to be emissions tested because they are not OBD 2. It still has to pass a safety check that includes the PB. The guy I take them to will flunk anything that needs to be working. He gives me a reason and what I need to fix. Hey, I'd rather not be driving around with a bad PB, even though I dont use it on the BMWs, because Park works fine. I just replaced the rear cables on the Rat. It is the first set of cables I've ever bought. It has a manual trans , so the brake is used.

 

[The motor guy]

I always heard it messes up your parking prawl and wears it out over time. yet many people park on their steep driveways with no problems.