The moral of the story is .....

[Cyberman]

As a passenger in a parked vehicle?

Still not sure how you accidentally release a handbrake. They have the button to release the handle movement, and especially when not in the driving seat are pretty heavy to operate.

I was in a car showroom about 20 years ago sitting in a new car and playing around with knobs and levers and released the handbrake. The car was on a ramp and unfortunately not in gear or chocced, and I sat there as it slowly rolled off of the ramp into a pillar. Only a few seconds before that, my mother had been standing there.

[d000hg]

.... using a mobile in a car is not a good idea?

As a passenger in a parked vehicle?

Still not sure how you accidentally release a handbrake. They have the button to release the handle movement, and especially when not in the driving seat are pretty heavy to operate.

[TriggerHippy]

.... using a mobile in a car is not a good idea?

[Cyberman]

... always park in gear !!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/8203999.stm