My brother is a senior at Syracuse University. Anyone who has ever been up that way knows there are very steep hills one must navigate and traverse to get around campus. The worst thing is that he has a manual transmission and a parking brake of questionable valor. To make a long story short -- he has a whole lotta trouble parking his beat up old automobile on the hills on campus, and he fears the car will roll down one of those hills and crash into something...

So I suggested to him that he bring a block of wood to wedge behind one of the tires. I guess he didn't understand my suggestion, or he is just an overly cautious dude, but here's what he decided to do:

(Scroll Down to see my blockhead brother's brake idea!)