All of you must be wondering what kind of topic is this. Ask someone who has had the misfortune of having his car brakes failed and you will understand why am I talking about this particular issue. Almost everyone who drives learns how to change a tyre, but how many of you know how to stop a car with no brakes. Hardly a few, right! Having information about stopping a car without any brakes is as important as knowing how to stop it with brakes. This is to make sure than if and when you happen to encounter such an unfortunate scenario, you have the knowledge to prevent others as well as yourself from getting hurt. In the following lines, we will tell you all about stopping a car without any brakes.
Here are the steps:
First of all, don’t panic. It is very important to remain calm; otherwise you will surely end up hitting someone or the other. Remember a terrified mind can hardly think of something constructive.
The next step will be to take your foot off the gas and pump your brakes. Why? This is because at times, pumping the brakes vigorously, and a number of times, rebuilds enough pressure in the braking system to help you stop the car. Make sure to do this for considerable period of time.
Now, shift your car into low gear gradually from highest to lowest. In case of manual transmission, downshift to the lowest gear possible. When the car slows down a bit, try to downshift it to the lowest gear. In case of automatic transmission, shift into low range. In this case also, go for gradual shifting, if sudden shifting is not possible.
Make use of the emergency/parking brake, applying it slowly. Don’t push or pull it abruptly, otherwise you might lose control of the car totally. Go slow and steady. You can also use the release button (keep it engaged in case of hand break and hold it in case of foot break), as you apply the emergency brake.
Throughout your driving, keep your eyes on the road and try to avoid heavy traffic, pedestrians and other obstacles. If possible, take your car to the routes that have the least possibility of traffic.
Make sure to warn the pedestrians as well as the other drivers. Use your horn to let the other people know there is a problem. Honking loudly and frequently will mostly make the other people steer clear of your car. At the same time, make sure that you have turned your hazard lights on.
You have to slow down your vehicle at any cost. If pumping the breaks, using the emergency brakes and shifting to slower gear do not work; make use of some more alternatives, given in the next few lines.
Try to use friction to slow down the speed of your car. You can drive your car towards the places that have gravel or dirt. However, be really cautious while making use of the friction, as sudden change of terrain can make the car skid.
Guardrails can also help you slow down your vehicle. Cement dividers usually make contact with thewheels, so there are chances of the friction leading to a slowing down of the car. Exercising caution, try to sideswipe whatever is available.
Look for inclines in your terrain. Driving your car to a high slope has significant chance of helping it slow down. In case this fails to work, get ready to reverse drive.
In case all of the above methods fail to work, it is the time to look for small trees and shrubbery. Drive your vehicle through the center of a line of shrubs or saplings, while making sure to avoid big trees.
If you have managed to slow down your car, it is now the time to make it stop. Look out for a safe area to pull over.
In case, by now, your car has now slowed down at all, it is the time to take some extreme steps. Try hitting the back of another car. First, make sure to warn the other driver by honking at full level. At the same time, try to hit a car hat is moving at the same speed as you are and hit the back.
If even this has failed, turn your car to somewhere you are not likely to meet any other vehicle. Now is the time to crash land your vehicle. This will require you to jump a curb. Grip the steering wheel tightly, angling your car deep into the curb in a way that it goes up and over. Make sure that you don’t turn the car totally and lose control.
The last weeks has gone by in a blur. The new dog was lost and found, some one smashed the window to my car, yarn was dyed and a moss garden was made. The Sidelines sweater is coming along but wrist problems have curtailed my knitting this week. Anyway, here are some pictures for typing is still a bit achy:
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In a rush, who isn’t these days? Well nothing is just worse than being in a rush out of the door to realize you left your portfolio on your kitchen counter and the house keys in the change dish in your bedroom. Guess they’ll be no getting inside right now.
Even better is that none of your neighbors or home, your friend that has your spare is not answering their phone and that really important job interview you have is in an hour. It’ll be okay because you left the number to the company inside the portfolio.
Guess now would have been a great time to have invested in a credit card.
Flipping the story here…
You spend a great summer’s day at a theme park with your friends and you are returning back to the parking lot and when you get to your car you start reaching in your pocket to only find that you can’t find your keys…oh no…you freeze for a moment and think no wait it’s in my other pocket…feel around…nope. Oh boy! The deep sickening feeling is starting to settle where was I last with the key. At the restaurant where I had set them out hours ago to take my wallet out and get my Speed Line pass out of my pocket and check my cell.
As you check you jacket, tearing it off in worry you begin to panic and as you are standing there you start walking around wondering and panicking. You start looking in the car and don’t see the keys anywhere under the seats from what you can see., but there they are dangling nice waving at you.
Did you hear that they are laughing at you?! Well better go find a hanger. AAA anyone?! Great, how awfully unnecessary is this? Hopefully unlocking an evening of waiting and failed attempts trying to get back in your car and/or home.
Side story > alternate version: As the worry settles in more and your heart races you figure it’s best to start walking towards the Customer Aide Office. As you and your comrades starts walking over, one friend says what’s that shiny thing on the car, as you walk over it’s your keys. As you grab them and let out such a great sigh of relief and buy a clip to keep them clipped to your pants.
Further Reading:
* How to Retrieve Keys Locked in a Vehicle
* Getting Locked Out of Your House is No Laughing Matter
I’ve had a quick practise at some sketching techniques as mine weren’t really up to scratch.
As we were looking to interview a budding young designer with high quality sketching techniques, I thought I better try and improve mine whilst I’m at it.
What do you think?
I’ve tried a number of other techniques and I’ve posted some of them in my Flickr album, and also in my portfolio on my website.
Well, have to say so far so good, I am having hypno sessions due to my 37 years of living with a negative outlook I thought it would take a little more than will power to overcome it, and I was right! But recently I have been ill, this last week I have had raging flu on and off for 7 days, and on the days it was bad, I felt down and angry with myself, but I tried to remain positive on the whole, and this week is definitely getting better, I decided NOT to dwell on the flu but to keep reminding myself I am healthy and strong, and today I feel heaps better. I also managed to sell an item on ebay this morning for way over what I had hoped for, mainly due I believe to my prayers to my guardian angels and also for believing in it, I am currently reading a book on connecting with your angels and I must admit it is facinating reading and as sceptical as I was when I started it I really do believe that someone is watching over me. On the 23rd december last year (apologies if I already told this) I drove my car off the edge of a mountain (by accident) I was driving around a bend when I lost control of the car, what I didn’t realise was that there was diesel all over the road I didn’t stand a chance and so off I went over the edge of the mountain yet my car and myself were unharmed, even though my car was sitting precariously on only 3 wheels surely going to roll on her roof, I was dragged out by portuguese people and the local fire brigade was called, with the help of a logging truck they rescued me and my car, and when she was firmly back on terra forma she started first time and did not have a thing wrong with her. I had thought to myself as I was out of control that I would never get back to UK, that my car was broken and that I must be too. But thankfully both me and my wonderful car were saved. No one could believe that it had not turned over with me inside it, no one could believe I had not been hurt, and they especially could not believe that my car was still ok, well she was and just 2 weeks later she boldly took me and my childrne the 1500 miles back to the uk through the worse weather you can possibly imagine. I now firmly believe in a higher existance and I fully intend on trying to connect with them more often. They really do help I was recently racked with guilt over leaving my animals behind with a rescue centre, I found it hard to sleep and hard to live with, but knowing that I should not feel guilty because I gave them a life whilst they were with me and I spared them from certain death and that there was nothing else I could have done, I wanted to stop feeling guilty, there was nothign I could do about it, and there was nothing good coming from my guilt, so I politely asked my angels if they could please remove the guilt from my body, and free me from the worry. And the next day I felt much better, and heard that all the animals were now re-homed with nice people. So if you want living proof that we have guardian angels who try hard to take care of us then please believe me when I say that they are out there and they are willing to help us…until next time x
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In a rush, who isn’t these days? Well nothing is just worse than being in a rush out of the door to realize you left your portfolio on your kitchen counter and the house keys in the change dish in your bedroom. Guess they’ll be no getting inside right now.
Guess now would have been a great time to have invested in a credit card.
Side story > alternate version: As the worry settles in more and your heart races you figure it’s best to start walking towards the Customer Aide Office. As you and your comrades starts walking over, one friend says what’s that shiny thing on the car, as you walk over it’s your keys. As you grab them and let out such a great sigh of relief and buy a clip to keep them clipped to your pants.
