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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Debs. on 19 May 2011, 13:29:36
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:oEPBA: "Emergency Passenger-Brake Assist".......lets have pedals in the back too and have a braking lottery! ;D
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13447395
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What a bodge. :o
If it wasn't a serious problem previously it will be a popular party-trick with passengers now the cat's out of the bag. ;D
<mental note to give Citroens an even wider berth than previously> ;D
Kevin
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Reminds me of my first car - Austin Allegro with Instructor controls on the passenger side (previously owned by my Granddad who was a driving instructor for many, many years)..
Yes, passengers regularly found it hilarious to perform an emergency stop..
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Father in law has one....dunno whether to play or tell him ;D ;D ;D
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Just what is needed for the nervous mother in law!
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I wonder if I can do it in SWMBO's Panda because I can feel something moving under my feet when she brakes :-/
Would be great fun on a private road but the thought of that happening driving down the motorway is terrifying :o :o I suppose the only good thing is that the brake lights do illuminate
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Quite a few smaller cars have that although they are a sod to get at!
The C3 looks easy to access.
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my wife would like it ;D
very useful in some cases..
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Father in law has one....dunno whether to play or tell him ;D ;D ;D
Might ask him if I can borrow it! [smiley=evil.gif]
Seriously though as a regular passenger in Jimbobs car I can see the appeal of passenger braking! :P
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It's on watchdog now.
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Father in law has one....dunno whether to play or tell him ;D ;D ;D
Might ask him if I can borrow it! [smiley=evil.gif]
Seriously though as a regular passenger in Jimbobs car I can see the appeal of passenger braking! :P
as I estimate ;D
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Father in law has one....dunno whether to play or tell him ;D ;D ;D
Might ask him if I can borrow it! [smiley=evil.gif]
Seriously though as a regular passenger in Jimbobs car I can see the appeal of passenger braking! :P
as I estimate ;D
Could do with my own steering wheel too....keep my nails out of the leather seats! ;)
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Father in law has one....dunno whether to play or tell him ;D ;D ;D
Might ask him if I can borrow it! [smiley=evil.gif]
Seriously though as a regular passenger in Jimbobs car I can see the appeal of passenger braking! :P
as I estimate ;D
Could do with my own steering wheel too....keep my nails out of the leather seats! ;)
like this? ;D ;D ;D
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHbyFFbJ21g[/media]
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Father in law has one....dunno whether to play or tell him ;D ;D ;D
Might ask him if I can borrow it! [smiley=evil.gif]
Seriously though as a regular passenger in Jimbobs car I can see the appeal of passenger braking! :P
as I estimate ;D
Could do with my own steering wheel too....keep my nails out of the leather seats! ;)
like this? ;D ;D ;D
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHbyFFbJ21g[/media]
Definately like that, they made me howl! ;D ;D ;D
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Father in law has one....dunno whether to play or tell him ;D ;D ;D
Might ask him if I can borrow it! [smiley=evil.gif]
Seriously though as a regular passenger in Jimbobs car I can see the appeal of passenger braking! :P
as I estimate ;D
Could do with my own steering wheel too....keep my nails out of the leather seats! ;)
;D ;D ;D I can understand you.. I'm similiar if I'm on the passenger side.. :-X
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Heard this on the radio but don't get it. How can pressing on a cable lock the brakes...& why buy such an uninspired car in the first place? ::)
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Heard this on the radio but don't get it. How can pressing on a cable lock the brakes...
It's not a cable. They have effectively left the brake pedal pivot and master cylinder on the left hand side, and run a bar across to the right hand side to connect it to the pedal.
So, you effectively have a stub of brake pedal on the left hand side where the pedal would have been mounted, covered only by a bit of felt. If you know where to press you can stand on the brakes from the passenger side. :o
& why buy such an uninspired car in the first place? ::)
'Cos they're cheap, I guess. Nothing else remotely attractive about them IMHO. :-/
Kevin
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... They have effectively left the brake pedal pivot and master cylinder on the left hand side, and run a bar across to the right hand side to connect it to the pedal. .....
A few cars that I know of are the same-ish. Peugeot 206/207 has the brake switch still above the passenger's feet. So when you see one that has its brake lights on all the time it's cos a passenger has kicked the brke switch off.
MkIII FWD Escorts are the same, but Ford had the sense to leave the torsion bar on the engine side of the bulkhead when they made them right hand drive.
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... They have effectively left the brake pedal pivot and master cylinder on the left hand side, and run a bar across to the right hand side to connect it to the pedal. .....
A few cars that I know of are the same-ish. Peugeot 206/207 has the brake switch still above the passenger's feet. So when you see one that has its brake lights on all the time it's cos a passenger has kicked the brke switch off.
MkIII FWD Escorts are the same, but Ford had the sense to leave the torsion bar on the engine side of the bulkhead when they made them right hand drive.
Exactly. It's not an uncommon practice now cars are packed together so tightly that space under the bonnet is precious. You can also make a whole host of parts the same for LHD and RHD vehicles (brake lines, for example).
Not having protected the mechanism from interference from the passenger side was a big mistake cost-cutting measure too far, though. ;D
Kevin
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sometimes can be a life saving mistake if the driver is a newbie :)
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We tried this on the father in law's C3 picasso last night, and it wasnt easy, but we could recreate the issue.
We got best results when your toes were effectively on the upstroke, seemed to be rotating a pipe.
only did it stationary, not on the move, so didnt get to feel the full effect.