Originally Posted by
Sonic Boom
I never drive without a seatbelt but in my Passat CC you just drive away and the handbrake disengages and you can put the hand brake on under 5mph without your foot on the footbrake.
Rich
I don't own a car with an electronic handbrake. The customers car's I've driven are usually no more than a hundred yards; usually just moving spaces in a car park or turning a car round to face the other way on a drive, doing both of which I don't bother putting a seat belt on. I'm pretty sure though that when I've tried to pull away with the handbrake still on, it hasn't automatically disengaged. Could be wrong of course