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NyJosh t1_j61s0hu wrote

It's a parking brake, not an emergency brake. It's meant to hold the car in place on hills, etc. when you park to prevent putting all the weight of the car on the transmission.

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Bongos-Not-Bombs t1_j621m0h wrote

About once every few years at a boat ramp I'll see a parking pawl failure, and it's pretty funny when it happens.

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tbalonick OP t1_j61s5pq wrote

Bingo, that said there's such a small subset of vehicle owners using it as such.

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