I didn't mean to imply " jacking on the emergency brake".  What I
meant (and I admit that I was not clear) was to hold the button IN!
on the e-brake lever, and apply the rear brakes ONLY and then let
off the parking brake.  Just a thought.  Malcolm

On 10 Jan 2002 at 10:04, Rico Sapolich wrote:

> In a message dated 1/10/02 9:48:22 AM,
> MSTEBBIN@MSVU1.MSVU.CA writes:
>
> << I was musing the other day about what would
> happen IF!, when going downhill, and the rear of the van
> skidding out to the side -- What would happen if the driver
> were to apply the parking brake - either a lot or a little.
> Seems to me that the resulting drag (from applying the
> parking brake) >>
>
> When the ass-end is sliding, the wheels have already stopped
> turning, so, other than eliminating any possibility of
> recovering from the slide, jacking on the emergency brake
> would only be an exercise in futility.
>
> Rich