Urambo Tauro
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I don't want to interrupt the flow of discussion either, but 1BigCarrot touched on an interesting point. While it might not seem all that important whether we call it a parking brake or an emergency brake, I think the terminology has a real effect on how it ends up getting used.
Thinking of it as a parking brake makes you more likely to use it regularly, keeping stress off of the parking pawl and exercising the cables to keep them from seizing up.
"Emergency brake" on the other hand gives the wrong impression and discourages the good habit of using it regularly. True, these brakes can be somewhat useful in an emergency, but only if they're actually working. And for those of us in the rust belt, cables are very likely to break if they are never used outside of emergencies. What's the point if it doesn't work the one time you need it to work?
It's for all of these reasons, as well as the aforementioned concerns about drum adjustment that I prefer to call it parking brake.
Thinking of it as a parking brake makes you more likely to use it regularly, keeping stress off of the parking pawl and exercising the cables to keep them from seizing up.
"Emergency brake" on the other hand gives the wrong impression and discourages the good habit of using it regularly. True, these brakes can be somewhat useful in an emergency, but only if they're actually working. And for those of us in the rust belt, cables are very likely to break if they are never used outside of emergencies. What's the point if it doesn't work the one time you need it to work?
It's for all of these reasons, as well as the aforementioned concerns about drum adjustment that I prefer to call it parking brake.