I do not understand using the hand brake in this situation. Why not leave
your foot on the service brake? If you "fainted" (good grief), the car would
be unlikely to go anywhere unless you were on some sort of hill.
Certainly the box should be in neutral. Holding the clutch pedal down would
be bad practice simply due to the wear on the throwout bearing and thrust
washer.
on 1/2/05 9:43 PM, Rocky Frisco at rock@rocky-frisco.com wrote:
> Bullwinkle wrote:
>
>> 3) Stop lights used a different sequence. Red is followed by a red AND
>> YELLOW before the green. Thus the sequence at a stop light was:
>> Declutch, Shift to neutral, set hand brake, release the clutch pedal.
>> When the lights went to red and yellow, you would declutch, shift into
>> gear and released the hand brake when the green appeared. That was one
>> reason for the "Fly Off" hand brake.
>
> In the UK, you could be cited for an infraction if a policeperson saw
> you not using the handbrake when stopped at a light. The transmission is
> to be in neutral and the handbrake on while waiting.
> It was explained to me that it was so that if you suddenly died, or
> fainted, your car would not lurch out in traffic and kill a bunch of
> innocent bydrivers.
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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires
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