Parking Brake while driving

[wcarlson40]

Sometimes while driving home from work after a stressful day, I find my right hand fiddling with the center console area and barely stop myself from pulling up on the small parking brake lever.

Which makes me wonder - what would happen if you or a child accidentally pulled up on that while driving? Would it engage the brakes while traveling at 70 mph? Or is the Telluride smart enough to know not to engage it at those speeds?

 

[bruesjoh04]

Sometimes while driving home from work after a stressful day, I find my right hand fiddling with the center console area and barely stop myself from pulling up on the small parking brake lever.

Which makes me wonder - what would happen if you or a child accidentally pulled up on that while driving? Would it engage the brakes while traveling at 70 mph? Or is the Telluride smart enough to know not to engage it at those speeds?

It seems you would have to pull it up and hold it to have it take effect. I’m not going to try it myself.