Then one puts one's feet on the footbrake and the accelerator, one presses the forward button and the vehicle accelerates away.
Unless one drives on one's footbrake, which is unusual, then it is not a nuisance.
The hand brake is instead intended for use in case of mechanical failure where the regular footbrake is inoperable or compromised.
The footbrake used a hydraulic control mechanism and operated on all four wheels.
For the first time the footbrake operated, still using a cable linkage, on all four wheels, and the suspension system was also reworked.
The footbrake system moved to drums on the rear axle in 1913.
The footbrake operated mechanically on the drive shaft while a cable operated handbrake applied stopping power to the rear wheels.
The footbrake operated on all four wheels via a hydraulic control mechanism.
