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Could a front seat passenger reach the handbrake in an emergency? I've owned two of these cars and for the life of me cannot remember where the handbrake is..........................Jim.
Technical Handbrake emergency stop,
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Handbrake emergency stop,
Its down to the right of the drivers seat....so no is the answer
Grim_Evil
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no unless there doing something they should not be doing while you are driving!!! 
Used to be the same problem for Bentley owners.
What about a Merc with the stupid floor locking pedal for the parking brake?
mish
What about a Merc with the stupid floor locking pedal for the parking brake?
mish
larkim
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I think that's the strangest question I've ever read on here!
Jim - can you explain *why* you are asking? I'm really curious.
Matt
Jim - can you explain *why* you are asking? I'm really curious.
Matt
Well in Aus, to take a car on a driving lesson/test it must have a handbrake accessible to the passenger
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I think previous medical issues may be the answer........hope all is well though.[/quote]
Well done that man, give him a cigar
Hmmmm. An ex driving school car with manual gearbox and full dual controls? A man walking in front with a red flag? To be fair to them, my wife and youngest daughter were in the car when I had my first stroke and it must have been a frightening experience. Me? I remember little about it apart from not being able to recognise streets I'd driven down regularly for 20 years. It wasn't fast, but I had to be guided home "turn left here, stop at the lights, turn right there". Slow speed, it was town driving but consequences on a motorway would have been nasty. Doctors took it seriously enough to slap me with a one month ban; after my second stroke 3 weeks later I was banned for three months. All went well; I was still driving the car I had at the time of the first stroke; V6 3 litre Citroen XM Auto Estate. A year or so down the road I reluctantly sold the XM for £250 (not bad for a car with 6 months tax and MOT) but the damn thing was just too complex for DIY maintenance. We sold the old workshop for development and I bought an orange 105 JTD Multipla. Great car until I crashed it. I was towing my daughters car on a rigid bar, got cut up by a truck and there was nowhere to go. It wasn't helped by the link going front rear offside towing eye to front nearside but I thought it was safe at low speed. I was wrong; even hitting a lamp post at 20 mph will write off a car. My daughters car was fine; only reason I was towing it was to get it to my yard for some pre MOT work. All worked out ok and the insurance money went most way to buying an marvelous 115 JTD. Beautiful car; warming/cooling box in the front and radio remote controls built into the steering wheel. Liked it so much that this time I had an epileptic fit:yuck: It's funny; they take epilepsy much more seriously than strokes; I got an instant 12 month ban and a free bus pass
So do you not have dual control's like we do in the UK then? (Pedals in the passenger footwell for the instructor to use (usually brake and clutch pedal, or just brake if an auto)).
I don't think handbrakes are even designed, let alone capable of doing emergency stops. And it's a 'Fiat Handbrake' anyways. Or am I the only one to know about them, lol.
Jon.
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