Parking break !

[kanthi]

I drove a good 10 Kms today with parking break pulled up ! Never realized it.. Just thought some how I am having to accelerate more in all gears. After I parked at office, I tried to pull the parking break up and saw that it was already pulled up !! I am positive I smelt some rubber burning several times during the drive. Does some one know if I

Comments

[hagarth]

I think it would be better to go to a garage and get the rear brakes checked. Hopefully there should not be any damage :-)

[kanthi]

Thanks Vijay. Guess I will do that this weekend..

[sdeepthi]

This is one typical mistake which happens with everyone!!! Car designers should think about this. May be some beep sounds if the break is on and the car is running :)

[kanthi]

I know.. But, to be fair to the Car designers, the dash board does have a significantly visible red colored display which says BRAKE (P) !! Now, it has to be a real duffer to miss that :P

[vinaygmurthy]

Isn't that a design flaw ? A brake shouldn't let the car move.

[kanthi]

I don't know exactly (I mean, don't quote me on this :P) but, I think the parking break is somewhat different. It probably stops wheels from moving when the car is stationary and if you really want to move the wheels, it gives away, I think.