near death experience

[Hylian]

Wow...nice read....That must have been pretty scary.

[D_Magik]

I would have just sat there.

But then again, I have truck resistant armor.

So you did the right thing.

[talisman]

lol afro the emergency brake would have done jack shit except fuck up his transmission. hell I've driven nearly ten minutes with the emergency brake still up.

[Hylian]

And he probably did try to turn considering he was spinning out...

[Snapps]

His grandson was probably so embarrassed.

[Afrobean]

lol afro the emergency brake would have done jack (#$% except $*%# up his transmission. hell I've driven nearly ten minutes with the emergency brake still up.

What the fuck is the emergency brake for if not for emergency braking?

[Reach]

So the car doesn't roll away on you when you parked XD

And, XD nice story. I've had a couple close calls myself o_O thankfully we're all ok.

[Tasselfoot]

Afro: I thought the same thing....


and, perhaps there should be some sort of bill passed that doesn't allow people with crappy prosthetic right legs to drive large vehicles once they pass the age of 60.

Whatever... had I been in that situation, I would have started a riot that would make Rodney King look like a playground slapfest. Damn old people and their fake appendages.

[Sera13]

Afro: i thought the same thing, and for those who say the emergancy break doesnt work, next time you driving instead of breakng with your foot use the emergency break, it does the same exact thing.. my boyfriend does it all the time when he wants to make me angry.

Its a pretty funny story though i woudl have prolly sat there for the longest time going what the fuck though..

[talisman]

ok. emergency brakes are for rolling when parked. That's why they're also called parking brakes.

I don't know how they work on automatic transmissions... but on a manual you can drive as much as you want with it up. It just makes shifting gears ten times harder.

[Sera13]

Well on an automatic they work just like the normal breaks do.. i mean yeah you can drive with them in anycar it just grinds your trans really bad and ruins your car.. but if you take off the gas and us the breaks as you woudl normal breaks, they work just the same

[Stev031415]

wow.

heck the closest i've been to having a near death experience was falling down the stairs.

Yeah, your lucky, for:
1. Not getting killed by the prosthetic problem driver
2. For just being there at that time. Most of us never get a chance to experience or even see something of that level of intensity. You get the honour of being able to tell everyone that you almost got run over.

Awesome.

[Tasuke]

I think old people just shouldn't drive. How's that for a bill?
Remember that old guy that kille like 8 people with his car?
Did he get put to death for vehicular manslaughter? I don't think so.
But if i did that, there would be horrible consequences.
Stupid old people

[FishFishRevolution]

Nice reaction time.
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I don't know about your guys' manuals, but I certainly can't drive when my e-brake is all the way up. And it stops me pretty well when I'm going 40 down a gravel road...after skidding and spinning of course. I'm sure it would work if I was on pavement too.

[Neonatrias]

Heh. I was expecting this to be stupid. =P I was surprised. Good thing you came out of this alright. Hopefully the guy'll be okay too.