Kwivili leVolkswagen Golf R, uChris Harris, kunye nogxa wakhe uRory Reid, abasasazi bomdlalo odumileyo iTop Gear, bafuna ukwazi ukuba kwenzeka ntoni ukuba i-handbrake ye-elektroniki - okanye kukuqhawuka komnwe? - ivumela inqanaba elifanayo lokusebenzisana kunye nokuzonwabisa njenge-handbrake ye-handbrake.
Uvavanyo, egameni lesayensi, kunye noChris Harris enxiba “ngokufanelekileyo” kweso sihlandlo xa kukho into engahambi kakuhle. Okona kuncinci ngenxa yokuba akazange ayeke ukwenza i-handbrake isebenze kwi-120 mph (193 km/h), njengoko esitsho, isantya esiqhelekileyo kuhola wendlela…, ngokucacileyo hayi wethu, kodwa kwezi zaseJamani. Uvavanyo lwesibini lwenziwa ngeyona ndlela iqhelekileyo yokuqhuba kuzo zonke, ukujika kwebrake yesandla, okanye kunoko, umphezulu ojikelezayo.
Iziphumo zamava? I-anticlimax, ngokugqibeleleyo ngokuhambelana nenethi yokhuseleko oluluqilima lwe-elektroniki yeemoto zanamhlanje, kuMnu. Chris Harris, kwaye ngendlela, yethu sonke.
Sele sikhankanyile apha ukuba ubukho beehandbrakes ezingoomatshini ezimotweni buyehla, kwaye njengee-gearbox ze-manual, ziya zisiba sengozini yokuphela. Ngaphandle kweenzuzo zayo ezisebenzayo, i-handbrake ye-elektroniki ayiphumeleli "ukweba" omnye umzuzu wokusebenzisana nemoto.