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Originally Posted by Black dog
They are finished! Can't figure out how they got away with going all that electric ****! The mot used to argue they were required incase of emergency. therefore I believe they should be cabled operated by lever in a convenient place and independent from the foot brake mechanisms.
What was ever wrong with manual handbrake!
Who would ever use or have time to find the electric button in an emergency? Proper handbrake was driver control!
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The problem was people all had different strengths when pulling the lever up and sometime cars ran away down hill when parked and killed people ...
At least with the electric handbrake you know it is firmly on ... ( It's cheaper to make too of course ! )