Any stories?
2006-12-07 17:41:46 · 13 answers · asked by ? 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Safety
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2006-12-07 17:43:16 · answer #1 · answered by Roosterfan 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
ONCE! Long ago. I was on the inside lane, passing a car, going up hill. At the crest, a car in front of me was stopped trying to make a left turn. I tried to slow down (brake) and the peddle went straight to the floor! (I had an olive in my mouth and all of a sudden, swallowed it--I guess clearing the decks for action!) The only thing I could do was jam the accelerator to the floor and luckily, had enough "umph" and just enough space to squeeze between, back in the right-hand lane! I coasted--until ...
2006-12-10 14:46:34 · answer #2 · answered by Martell 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was driving a dump truck full of caliche and the steel brake lines broke as I was about to enter an intersection on a divided highway. I picked out the car about to turn left across my lane as the unlucky one that I was going to slam into. He must live right because he stopped for the yellow light and I went through the intersection and turned onto the median.
2006-12-07 18:01:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, the brake pad was so worn down that it fell off when I was stopping at a red light. Luckily, there wasn't anybody there at that time of night and was able stop after pumping all the brake fluid out.
2006-12-07 17:49:22 · answer #4 · answered by icman87 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yea. I was coming over a bridge while it was raining. When I hit the brakes the car didn't stop and went in to the other lane of traffic. Thank God that traffic was slow. I would have been a goner.
2006-12-07 17:44:13 · answer #5 · answered by Mel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, and what I learned so many year s prior in drivers training kicked in, I went up a curb on a angle & pulled the emergancy brake it worked right away
2006-12-07 17:45:42 · answer #6 · answered by notAminiVANmama 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Someone once cut thru my brake pipes, i waited until 3 am b4 driving back. It was an unpleasant experience.
2006-12-07 17:50:22 · answer #7 · answered by Ken B 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I always keep my vehicle in good shape even my car is old...
But you can us the hand brakes and shift it to lower gear...
If it is a stick it is saver and easier to stop the car...
2006-12-07 17:44:54 · answer #8 · answered by BB2791 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes going down a hill i mashed the brake it went to the floor. i had to slamb it in park to stop wrecked my transmission but i did not hit the house at the bottem of the hill.
2006-12-07 22:07:59 · answer #9 · answered by scooprandell 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I got hit in Bangor Maine last month be one of the locals who's ''brakes failed'' (he did'nt have any ).
2006-12-07 17:50:48 · answer #10 · answered by landersonjr1958 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that is a very rare event that can happen to anyone, whether it is from an old or a new car. never yet happend to me, but it once happend to my mother, who was driving a brand new ford expedition, but fortunately only resulted to a minor accident with another driver.
2006-12-08 08:57:51 · answer #11 · answered by blahblahblah 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋