parking in gear

[no1postie]

now, we all have a preference regarding parking in gear or in neutral. i'm not saying i'm right (yet) i have researched the highway code and police advice and have not yet found any evidence to support leaving a vehicle in gear is correct. i have been on the road for about 50 years man and boy. when i met people who left their car in gear, i assumed the car was not serviced or maintained properly as handbrake efficency is part of an MOT. royal mail keep pushing this s**t about leave in gear, turn wheels to kerb, etc. because they know the vans are all knackered and people in decent vans are too busy to remember the basics, like putting on the handbrake.

[PO123]

Sounds like a you problem tbh. It's policy so just do it.
A guy in our office saw the aftermath of a workie van rolling downhill. It was a bank holiday and the kids had just been out in the garden. Could have been more than brickwork getting damaged.

[pieoftheday]

now, we all have a preference regarding parking in gear or in neutral. i'm not saying i'm right (yet) i have researched the highway code and police advice and have not yet found any evidence to support leaving a vehicle in gear is correct. i have been on the road for about 50 years man and boy. when i met people who left their car in gear, i assumed the car was not serviced or maintained properly as handbrake efficency is part of an MOT. what pisses me off is when i get in a van and some twat has left it in gear for me. worse than that on a van share, we have to park and walk, and swap over, not dissing my buddy, but when i get in the van in a hurry and some twat has parked their posh car 1/2 from our front bumper and i lurch foreward, no tears yet, fingers crossed. royal mail keep pushing this s**t about leave in gear, turn wheels to kerb, etc. because they know the vans are all knackered and people in decent vans are too busy to remember the basics, like putting on the handbrake. please leave it in neutral, thats what it's for.

Which one of you signs for the van keys? That's only person that should drive, if you havnt signed for the van keys and you have a bump, good luck

[postieblueshirt]

manual handbrakes work on a toothed ratchet its not unheard of to pull on the handbrake and its not seated properly.also the cable can stretch and snap.leave it in gear lol/

[Seymour Buts]

It's company policy to do it, and good practice. A handbrake is a steal cable, and can break at anytime. Why aren't you starting the van with the clutch down? Also good practice, and better for your car mechanically anyway. Sounds like you're a poor driver to be honest; trying to start a vehicle in gear is pretty basic stuff.

[no1postie]

sorry no, i qualified as a mechanic in 1976,

[no1postie]

fyi steel is spelt steel not steal

[olilew]

I always put the clutch down when I start any vehicle, indeed my current car and motorbike will not start without the clutch in.

[manboss]

Parking in gear is in the Highway Code, under, Rule 252 Parking on Hills.

[no1postie]

Bikes are different, i have bikes, and at lights i keep my foot on the back brake in case someone hits you up the arse, friend of mine was sitting at a junction last week in essex, got hit from behind sat in the road on his arse while the bike went
50M up the road.

[no1postie]

to pieoftheday, two people can sign for van keys on shared loops, as long as main driver does the van check and two keys are sighned out. come on !

[Seymour Buts]

sorry no, dipshit i qualified as a mechanic in 1976, how old are you ?

Not that any of that is relevant, but I'm 36. And I'm still right. Sorry about steel, auto correct.

[Clappedoutpostie]

sorry no, dipshit i qualified as a mechanic in 1976, how old are you ?

With that amount of experience you should be able to observe that a vehicle is in gear.

[no1postie]

hi , you are wrong again, if a motor vehicle has a inefficient hand break, it should fail the MOT and it should not be on the road, and penalties served for an unroadworthy vehicle. PARK IN NEUTRAL. thats what its for. as a side interest, what would happen if we were given automatics like in the US and they cant use a "stick shift" (tell them to leave it in gear) dread to think, shallow who think they know it all, only been driving for 5 years

[no1postie]

why do automatic cars have "park" ?