A Dumb Question…..But Am Mildly Curious Nevertheless

[Anonymous]

I am debating this w/my cousin right now.
Try not to laugh (or flame me!) but…….

When you are in a drive-thru (like for fast food), do you tend to just keep your foot on the brake when stopped or do you tend to just put your vehicle into PARK??

I tend to just keep my foot on the brake as it is easier for me to start up again.

However my cousin says she always takes her foot off the gas and just puts her car into park as she is scared that she may accidentally hit the person in front of her.

And what do you do?

[Anonymous]

I put it park when they're handing me the food. I just brake when ordering.

[Anonymous]

In park if the line isn't moving or im waiting at the window. Foot on brake if I sense imminent movement.

[Anonymous]

Foot on the break

[Anonymous]

brake all the way.

[Anonymous]

Park

[Anonymous]

Park ordering and getting food and if doing anything else like looking for a credit card.

Full disclosure, as a new driver, I did take my foot off the break at a stoplight and hit the car in front of me while reaching for something that had fallen onto the floor.

In general, I don't trust brains not to get distracted. Like I won't answer the door without turning off the stove because what if the person says come outside to look at something, then we keep taking, etc. Easier to avoid the potential disaster before it could happen.

[Anonymous]

Not a dumb question > actually the answers are very interesting.
I usually will put my car in the park position if the drivethru line is moving slow.
But if it is steadily moving I normally just keep my foot on the brake.
I have heard that it is not good to put a car into park then switch it to drive but am not clear on if this is true or not.

[Anonymous]

Brake

[Anonymous]

Brake.

Never occurred to me to put it in park.

[Anonymous]

The only drive thru lane I use is at the bank ATM. I put the car in park because I have to reach out the window to grab and cash, receipt and the debit card.

[Anonymous]

This is where Auto Vehicle Hold comes in handy. When you come to a stop and the car just keeps the brake on until you either hit the brake again or hit the gas.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is where Auto Vehicle Hold comes in handy. When you come to a stop and the car just keeps the brake on until you either hit the brake again or hit the gas.

I'm 17:44 and I didn't even know this was a thing until a few months ago. My car's older.

[Anonymous]

Just foot on the brake unless I need to like shift around (grab a purse from the back seat, reach around to give food to a kid in an awkward position, etc) in which case I might put the car in park to have a little more foot mobility.

[Anonymous]

Can I ask a sort-of related question? I recently travelled through Scotland with a friend in her manual-drive car. Every time we stopped at an intersection, she yanked the parking brake. Then she would release it when the light turned green. Anyone know why?