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Originally Posted by Summerwolf
No... for parking on an incline. It is basically supposed to be a failsafe if your car slips out of gear while your parked. Hence the other common term "emergency brake."
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I don't like the name because it sort of implies it can be substitute for your regular brakes if they fail, and it barely can.
Anyway, it's a tool which has more than one use, and facilitating uphill starts is one of them.