not a joke

[daneswalk]

hi dot mines is worse than yours i took my driving test years ago the question i was asked if you are driving coming down a hill and your brakes failed what do you do my answer was to drop to the lowest gear no he said drive it into the side of the road i said no once again shove it into reverse gear no ance again he failed me and didnt give me the answer do you know what i should have done

[dothawkes31]

have you been in that De Lorian again daneswalk???? that is my story about my driving test in an automatic mini that i think i posted about 3 years ago!!!!!!!!!! He asked me that question and I told him the same as you, the answer is to work down throught the gears, but i said 'but it's an automatic' and he said' well someone has not shown you how to drive an automatic properly' 35 years later and 35 years of driving automatics i still do not know how i would cope if my brakes failed on a hill!!! (i hope you have rigged that cable up to the clock tower cos i have to be in work by 8am tomorrow).............: (((

[dothawkes31]

My mind is boggeling what happened there???????????

[daneswalk]

hi dot i really love your answers i just thought i would try this one out and i knew you would answer by the way i am still driving after 62 years and i consider myself to be a good driver

[dothawkes31]

lol I know I couldn't be bothered now with all this new hazard awareness and theory test, I took my first two tests in Crosby and didn't know the streets, the last one i took in Southport and it was a breeze!!!

[daneswalk]

i just thought this might provoke a better discussion however it looks like they have all gone to bed so i shall do likewise have a good glass of grouse and hope i sleep well night to you dot and anyone else who is on line

[dothawkes31]

Nite daneswalk, sleep well my man!

[Panic Button]

I would pull the handbrake on as hard as I could.

It works in a different way to the footbrake, so should still work.

[dothawkes31]

ahhhh, but, my driving examiner dismissed that form of action as he had said that 'all the braking systems had failed'.

[Panic Button]

Well he doesn't know much about cars then.

He sounds like the nerd who took my test.

I heard from my friends Mum who knew him, that he was taken into a mental hospital a while later.