brake failure
Gerontological tragedies: Alzheimer's, osteoporosis, brake failure
All of a sudden, an SUV came barreling up the hill at 50 mph (up the hill, not down) on a fairway at Cloverleaf Golf Course near Pittsburgh, stopping only after it had careened into two trees, spun around, and burst into flames. The five seniors aboard were rescued, including the 82-yr-old driver, who insisted that he'd just "lost his brakes." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
All of a sudden, an SUV came barreling up the hill at 50 mph (up the hill, not down) on a fairway at Cloverleaf Golf Course near Pittsburgh, stopping only after it had careened into two trees, spun around, and burst into flames. The five seniors aboard were rescued, including the 82-yr-old driver, who insisted that he'd just "lost his brakes." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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My mom & her brothers used to break their elderly mothers car, remove something small but important, to keep her from driving. Course if she could drive she would have driven right down to the liquor store and probably killed 3 people on her way home so its justified.
Posted by Jules in Connecticut on 09/26/08 at 08:50 AM
50 mph uphill? I think I know where the brakes went. Apparently, it switched place with the gas.
Posted by kingmonkey in Athens, Ontario on 09/26/08 at 09:22 AM
Failed journalism.
Seems as though questions like:
How does a car with no brakes reach 50 mph after hitting parked cars, golf carts, etc.
Your SUV has an Emergency brake? Or, Shift into neutral or park before hitting trees? Maybe?
2 foot flames? How do you measure a flame?
Seems as though questions like:
How does a car with no brakes reach 50 mph after hitting parked cars, golf carts, etc.
Your SUV has an Emergency brake? Or, Shift into neutral or park before hitting trees? Maybe?
2 foot flames? How do you measure a flame?
Posted by Pablo on 09/26/08 at 10:07 AM
The car with no brakes gets up to fifty because clearly a gremlin switched the pedals and although this gentleman was pressing the correct pedal he was actually increasing the gas. Over and over. Repeatedly. Again, this is through no fault of his own, it was the gremlin.
Posted by Jules in Connecticut on 09/26/08 at 10:12 AM
But the golf course was ok, right??
My parents and I had to take my grandfather off the road when he almost t-boned ME in my car after failing to stop at the end of the street.
My parents and I had to take my grandfather off the road when he almost t-boned ME in my car after failing to stop at the end of the street.
Posted by KW in Dallas, TX on 09/26/08 at 12:14 PM
We found out that my Grandfather was driving between the Illinois homestead down to the Florida hangout with cataracts so bad he couldn't read the road signs. He had just driven the route so often he knew where the turn offs were.
When we got him fixed up and restored most of his sight he was amazed at what he'd been missing. Like those new BIG GREEN SIGNS on the interstate.
When we got him fixed up and restored most of his sight he was amazed at what he'd been missing. Like those new BIG GREEN SIGNS on the interstate.
Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 09/27/08 at 12:35 AM
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