PaulatUKcamera
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 24/05/2005
Posts: 1998
Loc: West Wales
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1. Pull handbrake up firmly
2. Don't park on a slope in front of a JCB!
3. Carry a camera (optional step)
Paul
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Paul Winter (CRIPN)
Web Site: UKCamera.com
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bagpuss
Prolific Pam
Reged: 08/04/2006
Posts: 9155
Loc: Camulodunum
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Ouch!
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lisadb
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 05/09/2006
Posts: 1873
Loc: Staffs
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Where I live is on a hill. The house opposite is higher, their drive slopes down to the road and mine slopes down from the road. Saturday before easter, the chap opposite left his car on the drive with just the hand break on, after 10 mins the car rolled down the drive, across the road (it's a cul de sac) and down my drive crashing into my garage door. The garage door is now V shaped, won't open and I can get into my garage or put the bins out. His insurance company are sending me a cheque for a new door. If it was old and tatty I wouldn't have been so annoyed but it's not been in quite 2 years. A lot of kids ride their bikes on the road as it's quiet being a cul de sac - at least no-one got run over!  Lisa.
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Highland_ddmac
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Reged: 25/11/2005
Posts: 168
Loc: Edinburgh
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Never trust a handbrake on it's own. Always leave the car in gear (and of course remember that it's in gear when you start it again...more comedy).
Harsh lessons, but one that will not be forgotten.
PS thanks for sharing your muppetry  . made me smile. 
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lisadb
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 05/09/2006
Posts: 1873
Loc: Staffs
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Sounds like one of those videos in a TV show or something you'd get in an e-mail doesn't it. Glad I wasn't at home or it would have been my car that was V shaped!!!!!  LDB
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wollemi - 'look around you, keep your eyes open and watch out' (Australian aboriginal word)
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huwevans
Old Hand
Reged: 05/08/2000
Posts: 16751
Loc: Dorset, UK
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Dear, oh dear - that JCB could have been badly grazed!
Sorry. ;-)
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BigWill
Gorgeous oversensitive Nikon-loving cream puff
Reged: 08/09/2000
Posts: 34975
Loc: Northern Ireland
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Not sure Autoglass could cope with that one. I mean they're pretty good at removing stone chips from the windscreen but removing a JCB might be asking a bit much!  
BigWill
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Benchista
Which Tyler
Reged: 11/08/2000
Posts: 40814
Loc: Everywhere and nowhere, baby
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Must post my version here...
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Nick
www.nbrphoto.com
Light and Shade II - the new blog
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ermintrude
Hinkypuff
Reged: 30/06/2003
Posts: 13729
Loc: London, UK
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OMG! Thanks God you werent in it! 
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bradalax
old hand
Reged: 06/08/2006
Posts: 1161
Loc: Durham, UK
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Not Good.
I remember having an automatic hire car to replace my company car one time. Parked outside, hand break on and the car in Park. It still managed to roll down the street and into a street sign at the bottom. I didn't half blast the hire car firm - loads of kids in the street, like Lisa, thank God no one was hit!
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http://www.markjfenton.com/
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Hotblack
Dead Horse Flogger
Reged: 07/03/2006
Posts: 7891
Loc: Upstairs in the spare room.
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Quote:
1. Pull handbrake up firmly
2. Don't park on a slope in front of a JCB!
3. Carry a camera (optional step)
Paul
4. Don't drive a Multipla
Glad no-one was hurt.
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Cheers
David
David J White Photography
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Nod
Carpal \'Tunnel
Reged: 08/04/2006
Posts: 4940
Loc: Devon, UK.
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Quote:
Never trust a handbrake on it's own. Always leave the car in gear (and of course remember that it's in gear when you start it again...more comedy).
Harsh lessons, but one that will not be forgotten.
PS thanks for sharing your muppetry . made me smile.
Dilema time... What to do if you have no option other than to park your Series IIa LandRover Diesel on a hill... The handbrakes are often rather less than efficient and the engine can and will bump-start with the "ignition" off...
I always kept the handbrake well adjusted and used a wedge under the downhill side of a wheel, as well as ensuring the front wheels were steering towards the kerb.
IIRC, the problem with many modern cars with rear discs is that the handbrake is applied to hot discs. As they cool they contract, so the pads no longer make enough contact to hold the car. It's always a good idea to hold the clutch pedal down when you start the car since it removes the gearbox from the loading on the starter motor (in a manual!).
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AlexMonro
old hand
Reged: 05/06/2006
Posts: 886
Loc: Exeter, Devon (and Somerset so...
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Put it in reverse if facing downhill, 1st if facing uphill. Also, always turn the wheel so that the front wheels are pointing into the kerb.
My dad taught me that when he first taught me to drive (on a Landy IIa !  )
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GeoffR
Reged: 31/05/2003
Posts: 4431
Loc: Bucks
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My car has completely separate brakes for the park brake.
Also you can't get the key out unless it is in reverse
A fairly effective solution.
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Put it in reverse if facing downhill, 1st if facing uphill. Also, always turn the wheel so that the front wheels are pointing into the kerb.
Always turn the wheel so that, facing up hill the front wheels are pointing away from the kerb, facing down hill front wheels are pointing towards the kerb. was what I was told.
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AlexMonro
old hand
Reged: 05/06/2006
Posts: 886
Loc: Exeter, Devon (and Somerset so...
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Well, yes, the downhill side of the wheels pointing in to the kerb (unless you're on Father Ted's Magic Road, where things roll away uphill )
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Mojo_66
Rain Kat
Reged: 25/05/2006
Posts: 3733
Loc: Lancs
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My car has completely separate brakes for the park brake.
Also you can't get the key out unless it is in reverse
Saab? My friend got one of them once. He nearly broke the key trying to get it out of the ignition, then ended up leaving it in for a week or so until someone told him it needed to be in reverse.
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GeoffR
Reged: 31/05/2003
Posts: 4431
Loc: Bucks
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Got it in one.
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Benchista
Which Tyler
Reged: 11/08/2000
Posts: 40814
Loc: Everywhere and nowhere, baby
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Quote:
Must post my version here...
Here's what happens if you have handbrake problems on a cliff...
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www.nbrphoto.com
Light and Shade II - the new blog
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Benchmark
Is it safe?
Reged: 12/07/2005
Posts: 3351
Loc: Sedgefield, Co Durham
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The handbrake drums and shoes on cars with rear disk brakes are tiny; even on quite big cars.
As soon as the car starts moving with the handbrake on, the friction material just overheats and burns.
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Beware of the Dark Slide
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