Of
all the aspects of driving, parking should be the most straightforward.
Basically, you take the keys out of the ignition and get out of the car
(hopefully after putting the car in park, hopefully not in the middle
of an elementary school).
But
here's something most people don't know: You should probably put on the
parking brake, regardless of whether you've stopped on the taxiway of a
Delta terminal or at the summit of the Grinch's mountain, just to keep
it in good working order.
You
see, the parking brake is also commonly called the emergency brake, and
as the name suggests, it can be used in a situation when your brakes
fail or have been otherwise disabled by enemy agents. It overrides the hydraulic mechanism normally used to control the brakes and stops you with cables, which are demonstrably better than hydraulics.
But
the problem with steel cables is that they often rust and corrode,
particularly after long periods of disuse. The way parking brake cables
are designed, if you don't engage the brake every so often,the corrosion builds up and will cause it to fall apart.
