** Reply to message from Ralph Shumaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Wed, 01 Oct 2008 09:25:10 -0700
> I don't know why people call it an emergency brake. You never use it in > an emergency unless you want to flip around backwards. > > It's a parking brake, no? it is a mechanical braking system and probably gets its name from when hydraulics were not so reliable. It sometimes gets used as a backup to the xmission locking mechanism( labled P for Park ) and gets called a parking brake. my $.02 -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-lpsg
