[lug] Breaking braking?

[Bear Giles]

On 07/14/2010 09:41 AM, Calvin Dodge wrote:
>> If that is the case, then unless the brakes failed, I don't know how the
>> 'cars' could cause the accidents.
>>
>> And why don't the people have the presence of mind to:
>>    1) shift into nutral
>>    2) turn the key off
>>    3) apply the ebrake
>>      
> It's called "panic".
>
> Calvin
>    

As an aside, anyone who doesn't think 'panic' is an excuse has never 
actually, you know, panicked.   A lot of geeks seem to think it's a 
character flaw or something, not something deep that tosses you around 
like a chew toy in my old dog's mouth.  I don't know how Calvin meant 
his comment but I wanted this on the record.

(I've never had a full panic, just two baby ones.  One was kayak safety 
training where I was upside down and underwater.  Underwater doesn't 
bother me, but being upside down for long enough that the cold water ran 
into my nasal passages /did/.  I had no idea it would hit me so hard.)