我覺得這新聞太危言聳聽了些。
照它的說法,我看全美最少有七成的車子變速箱都該掛了。
我認識的老美沒幾個會拉手煞車。
當然,我不能說所有車不拉手煞車都沒關係。我自己是有習慣拉的。
如果有興趣可以看看 Wiki 的說明,我擷取部份:
On cars with automatic transmissions, the parking brake is rarely used. This can cause a couple of problems. The biggest problem is that the brake cables tend to get corroded and eventually seize up causing the parking brake to become inoperative. By using the parking brake from time to time, the cables stay clean and functional. Another problem comes from the fact that the self adjusting mechanism on certain brake systems uses the parking brake actuation to adjust the brakes. If the parking brake is never used, then the brakes never get adjusted.
http://www.familycar.com/brakes.htm#Parking%20Brakes
文中題到會有的問題,沒有一個是變速箱大修∼ 呵呵∼