Richard, while the ease of use of the electric handbrake auto release with fractional timed hold on hill starts and push button start automatically engages park in auto gearbox applications..... ALL and more seems to lure those of us who learned to drive when perhaps a bit more brain and mechanical input were required, into a false sense of security at times when it really is necessary to keep the brain in gear.
Apparently the numbers are not few of folk injured and maimed in car parks or outside their homes having being run over by their own cars since all this FOOL proof stuff was built into vehicle systems...?
Forgot to add
I think it is possible that when the handbrake is applied it may push the shoes away from the rear wheel cylinders to some extent, and that could be why you feel the pedal move while your foot is on it and applying the brake as the pistons then extend with no resistance against them as the auto handbrake mechanism is doing the job of extending the shoes till they make contact with the disc/drums...? Dunno for sure..?
