XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.books   
   From: lcraver@home.ca   
      
   On Tue, 27 Aug 2013 22:57:48 +0000 (UTC), tmcd@panix.com (Tim   
   McDaniel) wrote:   
      
   >In article ,   
   >John F. Eldredge  wrote:   
   >>On Mon, 19 Aug 2013 11:33:01 +0800, Robert Bannister wrote:   
   >>> It doesn't require a scumbag. Quite ordinary shoppers and, in   
   >>> particular, their children will allow shopping trolleys to roll away.   
   >>   
   >>I have often wished that shopping carts had parking brakes.   
   >   
   >I'd reply "I call them 'emergency brakes'", but that would tie a   
   >rec.arts.sf.written thread into a knot.   
      
   The baggage carts at the Hong Kong International Airport are free but   
   the handle is two parts that you have to squeeze together (which is   
   the normal grip on this type of cart) to dis-engage the brake.   
      
   It's an excellent cart which I wish other airports would adopt.   
      
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