5 hours ago, longedge said:

And of course it's an offence under the Con&Use Regulations not to set the parking brake when leaving a motor vehicle unattended so you'd have to stay with it .

 

In an automatic the Park position locks the transmission similar to Land Rovers etc. I'd bet a lot more effective than the normal handbrake.

Well where Transmission Brake were working well on a Land Rover, but that is not always the case with open diffs and not on flat / even ground as you know when one  moves on you.

Some times why some upgrade that Transmission Brake to a Disc and also have a Line Lock to rear drums or discs, or just the mechanical link.

Edited 26 September, 20178 yr by Headinawayoffski

In over 30 yrs preceding the mid 1990's I never heard of anyone being prosecuted for not setting the handbrake. Leaving the engine running - yes and that constituted an offence under the same provision.

Well if there is a law to be broken then some might do it for the sake of it and some will just never know until caught.

 

People do get actions taken against them for leaving a running vehicle un-attended.

Quite common not just in winter for police to be dealing with drivers leaving running vehicles outside shops,

and people get vehicles stolen while defrosting them by starting then and then going inside.

 

Some might even be in Park and have a parking brake on or not, and the proof of it un-attended and running is not difficult to see or prove.

 

As to a vehicle with the engine off and a parking brake not efficiently set, there must have been prosecutions somewhere if a vehicle ran away and the 

examination shows a drivers careless or dangerous behaviour / actions.

Not sure ever that officers of the law go looking in vehicle windows at the position of a hand brake on vehicles that have them.

 

For 40 Winters this has been a common practice for me.

Changed times though with Electric Parking Brakes.

(more brick shaped than this example.)

Edited 26 September, 20178 yr by Headinawayoffski

Well after a bit of testing on some private land, "the noise" has been definitely linked to the handbrake mechanism which moves ever so slightly when re-entering the car. There is NO noise if the handbrake is left off, and the vehicle is left on a slight slope with PARK engaged. 

I don't know if it's an offence or not, but the Highway Code clearly says  quote... "You MUST apply the handbrake before leaving the vehicle" .... and that's why I wasn't going to try this except on private land, and where the car could have moved without it being an issue or danger to others or cause us a legal issue. 

I reckon it's just a Yeti'ism that we'll have to get used to. 

I think we will keep it. 

 

On 9/22/2017 at 22:32, FurryFriend said:

and it's before she even puts the dog into the car, so the only difference is that she has opened the door. Weird 

If I then sit in the drivers seat, my wife says she is sure the car moves forward.

it could be alzheimer's or dementia,

try and remember the dog and the wife - stop driving off before they get in.

No neither of those conditions..... Fortunately. 

I haven't had any car that doesn't do this and I have owned and driven a huge number in 44 years.

Perfectly normal and unavoidable; nothing to worry about and can't be stopped.