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Originally Posted by Dippydog
I do tend to leave it in D and stand on the footbrake at traffic lights and such and I've never yet had to replace a warped disc for any reason.
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Sitting in traffic with someone in front with the brake lights on (especially with bright LED lights at night) is extremely unpleasant and IMHO is a sign that the person doing it is either completely oblivious (or ignorant) of other road users. It takes a second to put the handbrake on and helps to ensure it does not get seized up.
Leaving the pads in contact with a hot disc is actually going to
increase the chance of it warping, and it also tends to result in a build up of contamination from the friction material which gets fused into the surface of the disc which causes brake judder.