Oh, of course - I've left the "emergency 'smell funny' lever" on before (thanks Mitch Hedberg). So you're probably right, it's a stretch to call the handbrake

Oh, of course - I've left the "emergency 'smell funny' lever" on before (thanks Mitch Hedberg). So you're probably right, it's a stretch to call the handbrake something useful in emergencies when in reality it probably wouldn't perform that function.