brian, I'm not sure but I think your talking about pulling up the "parking brake" lever. I do remember the sales person telling me I can use that to brake in an emergency. I'm talking about the little "P" button on the top of the joystick. Are we talking about the same thing? Do they do the same thing? Maybe I'm just crazy. No, I'm pretty sure I am. I will check Kaify's thread though. Thanks.