another darwin candidate

[Penguin]

Cap, I'm familiar with the mechanics of the design and operation. I was asking where penguin got the snap like a twig bit from. I doubt he will reply. 

IIRC he's all of 13 so his experience with an automobile is going to be rather limited. He sure likes to post about things like he has a clue however.
 

I said that I wasn't sure of whether or not the parking brake would snap like a twig.  Allow me to offer a quote:

Like I said, the brakes had just failed, and it wouldn't have occurred to the driver that it might be a good time to call AAA.  If one is going over thirty MPH (I'm not sure about this, I think CAP could help me), the emergency brake will snap like a dry twig.

-Penguin

Your reading comprehension is quite, quite poor.  In fact, it's as if you didn't even read the parenthetical which clearly stated my lack of knowledge on the topic.

-Penguin

[Penguin]

Cap, I'm familiar with the mechanics of the design and operation. I was asking where penguin got the snap like a twig bit from. I doubt he will reply. 

IIRC he's all of 13 so his experience with an automobile is going to be rather limited. He sure likes to post about things like he has a clue however.
 

I said that I wasn't sure of whether or not the parking brake would snap like a twig.  Allow me to offer a quote:

Like I said, the brakes had just failed, and it wouldn't have occurred to the driver that it might be a good time to call AAA.  If one is going over thirty MPH (I'm not sure about this, I think CAP could help me), the emergency brake will snap like a dry twig.

-Penguin

Your reading comprehension is quite, quite poor.  In fact, it's as if you didn't even read the parenthetical which clearly stated my lack of knowledge on the topic.

-Penguin

[CAP1]

you must have completely different systems in the US then, because over here its used for parking. engine braking is also used in an emergency, but its only designed as a primary function for braking in trucks (Jake-brakes.)

 well, there's a reason that they're easy to reach. i mean...how many people do you know that actually set it when they park? i do, for the record, in my truck, and jeep.....when i had my stang, i just left it in gear.

 it is designed as a failsafe, incase your braking system fails.

 that being said.....i'd suspect that the majority of drivers on the roads today wouldn't react nearly quick enough to use it, so it's kinda pointless anyway.

[Penguin]

Cap, I'm familiar with the mechanics of the design and operation. I was asking where penguin got the snap like a twig bit from. I doubt he will reply. 

IIRC he's all of 13 so his experience with an automobile is going to be rather limited. He sure likes to post about things like he has a clue however.
 

I said that I wasn't sure of whether or not the parking brake would snap like a twig.  Allow me to offer a quote:

Like I said, the brakes had just failed, and it wouldn't have occurred to the driver that it might be a good time to call AAA.  If one is going over thirty MPH (I'm not sure about this, I think CAP could help me), the emergency brake will snap like a dry twig.

-Penguin

Your reading comprehension is quite, quite poor.  In fact, it's as if you didn't even read the parenthetical which clearly stated my lack of knowledge on the topic.

-Penguin

[CAP1]

jeeze!! the bbs must've had mexican...it's farting all over the place. 

[EskimoJoe]

I said that I wasn't sure of whether or not the parking brake would snap like a twig.  Allow me to offer a quote:

Your reading comprehension is quite, quite poor.  In fact, it's as if you didn't even read the parenthetical which clearly stated my lack of knowledge on the topic.

-Penguin

Remove the parentheses idiot.

"If one is going over thirty MPH the emergency brake will snap like a dry twig."

Now do you see where there is a problem?

[Penguin]

Whoa there, speedy gonzales.  Don't go putting words in my mouth (or in this case, taking them out).

Sure, I'll remove the parentheses:

Like I said, the brakes had just failed, and it wouldn't have occurred to the driver that it might be a good time to call AAA.  If one is going over thirty MPH I'm not sure about this, I think CAP could help me, the emergency brake will snap like a dry twig.

-Penguin

Now all you've got is a sentence in which I did not separate my clauses.  Now if you want me to remove the parenthetical, that's just changing my post so you can attack it better.  Let me give you an analogy to show how completely wrong your argument is:

Bob: The sky on Mars is green (or not, because I haven't seen the sky).
Alice: If you remove the parenthetical, you look like someone who is professing knowledge when one does not have it.
Bob: That's why I included it, to show that I did not know if it were correct.

As you can see I clearly stated that I was not sure of whether my idea was correct.  You however, decided to put words in my mouth, and said that I claimed to have knowledge if I modified what I had already said to suit your wishes.

TL;DR: You are attacking a position that I did not take, therefore, your position is invalid.  Your argument is also an extreme example of a strawman; you are attacking an argument that does not exist.

-Penguin

[RTHolmes]

how many people do you know that actually set it when they park?

mmm ... everyone (except for cars that are going to sit for months on end to stop binding.)

[cobia38]

well, there's a reason that they're easy to reach. i mean...how many people do you know that actually set it when they park? i do, for the record, in my truck, and jeep.....when i had my stang, i just left it in gear.

 it is designed as a failsafe, incase your braking system fails.

 that being said.....i'd suspect that the majority of drivers on the roads today wouldn't react nearly quick enough to use it, so it's kinda pointless anyway.

    omg its not designed as a failsafe, it is designed to take the stress off of your parking pawl "located in your automatic trans" and your engine "for standerd trans" when parked on a hill.
   
   

[CAP1]

    omg its not designed as a failsafe, it is designed to take the stress off of your parking pawl "located in your automatic trans" and your engine "for standerd trans" when parked on a hill.
   
   

 that too.

 if that were it's only purpose, it would either be on or off. there would be no "in between" as there is now.

[cobia38]

 cap, i,m not saying it cant be used as a E brake i,m just saying that the primary design is parking not emergency stopping

[Shuffler]

I always set the brake in my trucks. Out of habit I do so in cars too. The ground is pretty flat here.

[Reaper90]

i've always thought firefighters, emt's, and most police are under paid.

 yea....fire fighters do not make nearly enough money.

Agreed 110%. In a perfect world, these guys, along with teachers, would be living much better than they are financially, and lawyers and politicians would be "just getting by" if ya know what I mean.

[Penguin]

There is a problem with that idea, you know.  If we paid them too well, we'd see public servants who are only in it for the money.  Also, the current system of tenure and seniority pay is under heavy scrutiny due to the lack of ability to remove teachers who are teaching poorly.

Take this paraphrase from TIME magazine for example.  A teacher had committed sexual harrassment in his classroom, but the union was so powerful that he was reinstated in the very same class.

-Penguin

[TonyJoey]

Agreed 110%. In a perfect world, these guys, along with teachers, would be living much better than they are financially, and lawyers and politicians would be "just getting by" if ya know what I mean.

Prosecutors are crime fighters too, and defense attorneys are necessary to make sure you are afforded the rights as given to you by the Consitution. Criminal lawyers don't make as much as their white-shoe corporate brethren anyways. Those are the ones who are paid $160,00 to review documents.