Do you put your parking break on even if you're not on a hill?

[Telekinetic-Potato]

And do you judge people who don't?

Personally, I think it's a bit much if it's electronic and against your best interest if you drive a car with a hand or foot (cable) brake

[Redstang88]

No, I’ve only had 2 vehicles with a working ebrake. I grew up in the prairies so they just rust and size and there’s no hills anyway and it’s hard to get in the habit now living in the mountains lol

[jshm2]

A brake is basically essential for when the car is not in motion. The purpose of a parking brake is to ensure the car doesn't move when parked for exiting.

It doesn't matter if it's on a hill or not.

[Telekinetic-Potato]

Wrong. You need to read the dmv handbook again. The purpose of a handbrake originally was for manual cars which didn't have a locking mechanism to stop the wheels from rotating. Today it's a failsafe as well as protects the longevity of the locking system.

Well if you don't know that's what it's fore there's a good chance you're putting it in park, then using the e-brake which then a lot of the purpose is defeated.

[Orion84]

I always use my parking brake.

It's ingrained behavior, at this point, so I do it automatically, every time, without even thinking about it.

[NathanDavis]

I heard it is better for the transmission... and then I just never questioned that

[In_Trance]

If you drive a vehicle with an automatic transmission, it's pointless

[Still-alive]

Yeah i do. force of habit.

[CriminallyInsane]

Almost never