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Stuart · 12-03-2006, 00:08

I have to admit, I agree with GC here. When the brakes failed in my friends car,an elderly suzuki, it was terrifying (I was a passenger), but he was able to use the gears to slow the car to a speed where he could coast to a stop.

Of course, jamming the car into first at >70 MPH nearly blew up the engine (making a horrible noise), but it did stop.

This guy didn't have that option (no gears).

I suppose another option (depending on the layout of the motorway) might have been to steer the car off the motorway and use the land to slow the car a bit. Of course, that is assuming there are fields either side of the motorway. Not much use if it went through a small town.

12-03-2006, 00:08	#10
Stuart - Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Somewhere Services: Virgin for TV and Internet, BT for phone Posts: 26,546	Re: Accelerator jam car hits 135mph I have to admit, I agree with GC here. When the brakes failed in my friends car,an elderly suzuki, it was terrifying (I was a passenger), but he was able to use the gears to slow the car to a speed where he could coast to a stop. Of course, jamming the car into first at >70 MPH nearly blew up the engine (making a horrible noise), but it did stop. This guy didn't have that option (no gears). I suppose another option (depending on the layout of the motorway) might have been to steer the car off the motorway and use the land to slow the car a bit. Of course, that is assuming there are fields either side of the motorway. Not much use if it went through a small town.