British Expats - Pet Peeves?

They're driving automatics and aren't taught to use the handbrake while waiting at a light. An auto automatically creeps if you take your foot off the brake.

Why are these people taking their foot off the brake at all? I think it is less about being careless with their feet and more about thinking that creeping forward will make the light turn green or give them some advantage when it does.

mrken30

Jun 10th 2016 9:10 am

Re: Pet Peeves?

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Originally Posted by Anian (Post 11970316)

Sometimes its just a comfort thing. Some lights take 5 minutes to change and keeping your foot in one position without moving it sometimes becomes uncomfortable. Especially when wearing heels.

SultanOfSwing

Jun 10th 2016 9:46 am

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Originally Posted by mrken30 (Post 11970322)

Sometimes its just a comfort thing. Some lights take 5 minutes to change and keeping your foot in one position without moving it sometimes becomes uncomfortable. Especially when wearing heels.

It's pretty bloody easy to put it in park, though. The creeping bothers the shit out of me, too. I'm with Anian on this one :D

mrken30

Jun 10th 2016 9:51 am

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Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing (Post 11970346)

It's pretty bloody easy to put it in park, though. The creeping bothers the shit out of me, too. I'm with Anian on this one :D

Why would you want to park at an intersection? Isn't "Park" only used when parking? I am sure the "N" means "Not to be used".

Plus that means I have to take my eyes off my phone.

katzgar

Jun 10th 2016 9:56 am

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Originally Posted by mrken30 (Post 11969400)

Most cars, manuals and automatics, in Europe just have e-brakes now. It is slowly becoming the norm in the US. Always behind.

american automatics have always had an e-brake.

mrken30

Jun 10th 2016 10:14 am

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Originally Posted by katzgar (Post 11970358)

american automatics have always had an e-brake.

Is that e-brake as in emergency brake or electronic brake?

sir_eccles

Jun 10th 2016 10:41 am

Re: Pet Peeves?

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Originally Posted by mrken30 (Post 11970322)

Sometimes its just a comfort thing. Some lights take 5 minutes to change and keeping your foot in one position without moving it sometimes becomes uncomfortable. Especially when wearing heels.

Then you see a filter light turn green that isn't for your lane so you twitch forward and then pretend you are just stretching your foot.

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Originally Posted by mrken30 (Post 11970369)

Is that e-brake as in emergency brake or electronic brake?

electronic emergency brake

Nutek

Jun 10th 2016 10:45 am

Re: Pet Peeves?

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Originally Posted by mrken30 (Post 11970369)

Is that e-brake as in emergency brake or electronic brake?

I think it's a northern dialect thing.

mrken30

Jun 10th 2016 10:46 am

Re: Pet Peeves?

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Originally Posted by sir_eccles (Post 11970376)

electronic emergency brake

At least one of my automatics has a cable operated hand brake. The other has a foot operated brake that may be cable.

Newer European vehicles now just have a button on the dash for the parking brake.

katzgar

Jun 10th 2016 10:58 am

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higher end US cars use electronic e-brakes as is the case is europe but they are gawd awful expensive so not cost expensive for lower end cars, either in the US or europe.

mrken30

Jun 10th 2016 11:05 am

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I didn't realize a ford focus was a high end car, my mistake.

johnwoo

Jun 10th 2016 12:02 pm

Re: Pet Peeves?

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Originally Posted by mrken30 (Post 11970380)

How does having a button on the dash work for hill starts. Could be a problem in San Francisco. Those stupid foot parking brakes were a challenge.

katzgar

Jun 10th 2016 12:05 pm