Cyril Haearn wrote:Maybe vehicles could be equipped with chocks to put behind the wheels
I understand some modern vehicles do have a device to stop them slipping back
Is it too much to expect people driving in a hilly city to use the handbrake?
Stupid question, yes that would be too much to expect
Not sure if using the handbrake is even taught to new drivers now
Possibly the driver had no controls for the handbrake. I once drove a Renault with a fully automatic handbrake and I could not prevent it from rolling back on starting (it was on a serious slope). It was a matter of getting your foot from footbrake to accelerator as quickly as possible because it released the handbrake before you had got the load on the engine.