I can give you Seven reasons to use your parking brake. How many can you give not to?  Make it a habit like putting on your seat belt. Automatic Transmission or Manual it’s a safety must.

1.     I lost a good friend because she got out of her van and left the key on, (without the car running) to go back inside her house to get something. One of her kids pulled the van into neutral, when she saw the van rolling down the driveway she tired to stop it before it went onto a busy street. She died at the scene.

2.     I could have not spent a year in a wheel chair if the driver uphill from me had set his parking brake when he got out of his jeep….my previous article.

3.     Showing a new car with the engine running one of my salesman had a child reach up and put the car in gear and off it went across the front lawn of the dealership, with terrified parents and salesman  chasing after it, The salesman actually caught up with it and got it stopped before anyone was hurt. It made parking brake believers out of the bunch.

4.     In the article on blogger the Top 10 Everyday Things People Do To Ruin Their Cars , guess what was number #1….you guessed it not setting the parking break.

5.     Not using the parking brake puts unnecessary wear and tear on an automatic transmissions parking “pawl” and may even cause it to stick in park.

6.     Not using your parking brake may allow it to become corroded and it will no longer function for you, especially in an emergency when you may lose you regular brakes. Parking brake: In Minnesota, use it or lose it.

 .7.  You can avoid an embarrassing video of yourself, (like the one above). 

Make it a habit like putting on your seat belt. Automatic Transmission or Manual it’s a safety must.

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