Patent ID: 7389859

Claim:
A golf car comprising: a frame supported by a plurality of wheels; an accelerator pedal; a brake pedal including a unitary foot actuated portion; a brake system receiving input from said brake pedal and generating an output to control a braking device through an operating stroke; and a brake pedal locking mechanism operatively cooperating with said brake pedal to provide a single locked position beyond an end of said operating stroke, said locking mechanism providing only a single distinctive clicking sound caused by a sharp metal-to-metal contact in the locking mechanism, informing an operator that said brake pedal has been depressed into a position to be latched in said single locked position, wherein said brake system operates in a normal mode by partially depressing said brake pedal and wherein said brake system operates in a parked mode by depressing said brake pedal further, and wherein when said brake system is in the parking mode, said brake system may be released by depressing said brake pedal said single locked position.