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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Noumenon" data-source="post: 4755278" data-attributes="member: 70102">I don't believe that's common.  The only reason I use the parking brake myself is because I got used to using them on the forklifts at work.  But I don't feel like it's really necessary to use it because I figure the car companies would have had to design it to most people's usage patterns and make the Park strong enough to hold most of the time.  (Looks like I <a href="http://action.publicbroadcasting.net/cartalk/posts/list/2120334.page" target="_blank">should be doing it</a> though.)I am pretty liberal and to me this kind of personal responsibility is a legal fiction designed so the state can apportion damages when somebody gets in a crash.  We can't really expect every individual to go through some kind of pre-flight checklist before setting out in their car.  However, I did ask about the legal aspects and that's probably the way it would be ruled.Yes -- I was not looking for support for the idea of not paying, I knew I would have to apologize and make it right even if I wasn't to blame.I'm really confused.  After my sis told me about the rotors I went Googling, "range rover," "parking brake on," and I found several stories about people who did this.  But now when I Google again, or look back through my history, there's nothing there!  But it wasn't a dream -- the searches I did on "jetta parking brake on" are still there, I remember being interested that my car didn't have as many horror stories as the Range Rovers.  Well anyway, my brother in law claims that the parking brake only has a "locking mechanism for the transfer flywheel" and can't wear out the brakes at all, but something electrical is wrong instead.  I'm sorry this isn't making sense -- I thought I'd confirmed with Google that wearing out your pads is a common thing from leaving the parking brake on, and I knew my BiL took a different car to work because the brakes weren't working right.Anyway, it's too bad all the legal responsibility seems to be falling on my sister because her behavior is the only one that seems like an innocent victim to me.</blockquote>

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