Some people seem intent on correcting everything they perceive as incorrect, you could take that as being grammar or the term emergency brake versus parking brake terminology.
Call it what you will but there is always one in the crowd.
The term emergency brake originated a very long time ago in the auto industry. Im thinking more of a time of single master cylinders when a hydraulic brake failure meant no pedal and a E brake could slow a vehicle down
Then again cars weren't going the speeds they are today.
When my dad lost brakes due to a failed hydraulic hose over 45 years ago in his 64 C-10 pickup, the E brake in conjunction with using the transmission low gear got him safely home. Then again he was not driving even remotely close to the posted speed limit.
While in the case of this thread, the parking brake would not be adequate to fully and safely stop a vehicle it surely would have been more effective than attempting to put an auto transmission in the park position and thinking a transmission parking pawl would help.
My opinion. is another member here was spot on with his analysis. It is more views of a video which translates into more money. Its outright negligence on the part of the production company and the owner of the wrecked vehicle.
