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I saw the video a couple of days ago. There were enough warning signs that things weren't copacetic, that either one of them could have/should have put a pause on the shoot/drive. I mean, I get it: your car is being featured, the host is on a schedule, etc., and hindsight is 20/20. But seriously, when you've got that much horsepower, and those puny-ass brakes, you're asking for trouble even without a throttle that's hanging up. I just really find it hard to believe that they put themselves (and ultimately others) in such a dangerous situation. It's not like they were a couple of high school kids with underdeveloped judgement.
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Yep, I don’t think he addressed what happened to the person they hit unless I missed it. That should have been their #1 priority.

I’d have gone for that grass.

It did look like the light turned green but everyone was still on the brakes. It’s a bad deal to hold the brake when you get ass ended. I usually watch to make sure the person behind me stops and keep light pressure if any on the brake.
 
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Squatch said:
Seriously? It's illegal to ride in the back of a truck-bed camper?
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In my state, it's illegal to ride inside a moving vehicle without seatbelts while on public roads, except for certain commercial vehicles like limos or vehicles not factory equipped with seat belts, so old trucks and pre '67 or 68 vehicles. It's also illegal for anyone under the age of 16 to ride in the bed of a truck.

Also, it was somewhat of a joke about how "karens" would call the cops/CPS if they saw someone driving with kids in the back. :rolleyes:
 
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Apparition said:
He shifted it, I assume to neutral
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Yea, I saw that - I thought it was to a lower gear. (???) If he'd gone to neutral, I'd think the stuck throttle would have revved the engine extremely high, possibly grenading it (see Days of Thunder). *shrug* I dunno - I wasn't there, blah, blah...
 
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All other considerations aside, at least he could have thrown it into neutral - did I miss something?
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It looks like he threw it into park, which if you haven't done that at speed before, the little park pawl does nothing but click like a spinning ratchet until things get slow enough to grab, which is pretty much walking speed.

Hindsight is 20/20, and being in a brakeless situation is shocking to say the least, I've been there 3 times now, but this guy had many major red flags that were ignored. He could have avoided the end result.
 
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My wife asked me why he didn't just shut the car off? I told her it's easy to drive from our position behind the computer monitor. I've had the throttle stick on me on three separate occasions, and each time I was able to shut the car off. However, I also had brakes, and I wasn't approaching a bunch of "parked" cars. In a situation like that, your mind is racing, and there's only so much you can do in a very little amount of time. He did what he could do, I suppose. My gripe is that he never should have put himself (and others) in that situation, to begin with.
 
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It looks like he threw it into park, which if you haven't done that at speed before, the little park pawl does nothing but click like a spinning ratchet until things get slow enough to grab, which is pretty much walking speed.

Hindsight is 20/20, and being in a brakeless situation is shocking to say the least, I've been there 3 times now, but this guy had many major red flags that were ignored. He could have avoided the end result.
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It's funny to see that some of us appear to focus on the lack of brakes, and others on the sticking throttle. If you think about it, this would likely have been a non-story if he had at least taken care of one of those systems. ;)
 
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Squatch said:
It's funny to see that some of us appear to focus on the lack of brakes, and others on the sticking throttle. If you think about it, this would likely have been a non-story if he had at least taken care of one of those systems. ;)
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A parking brake would have been handy.
 
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Apparition said:
A parking brake would have been handy.
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Absolutely. The host pointed that out, too, toward the end of the video. On a side note, I've noticed through the years how some folks refer to it as a parking brake, while others call it an emergency brake. I fall into the latter camp. Twice I've had to use the "e-brake" to come to a stop: once in my '67 Dart GT, and once in a '70 Maverick.
 
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Absolutely. The host pointed that out, too, toward the end of the video. On a side note, I've noticed through the years how some folks refer to it as a parking brake, while others call it an emergency brake. I fall into the latter camp. Twice I've had to use the "e-brake" to come to a stop: once in my '67 Dart GT, and once in a '70 Maverick.
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I've called it both but around here parking seemed to be the more used term in my mind.
 
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Squatch said:
Absolutely. The host pointed that out, too, toward the end of the video. On a side note, I've noticed through the years how some folks refer to it as a parking brake, while others call it an emergency brake. I fall into the latter camp. Twice I've had to use the "e-brake" to come to a stop: once in my '67 Dart GT, and once in a '70 Maverick.
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Most of my POS rigs never had a working emergency brake. Shit the one on my TJ wouldn't have done shit in that situation. Part of why I changed the rear brake setup on it.

I'm just glad it wasn't a motorcyclist sitting there.
 
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Squatch said:
My wife asked me why he didn't just shut the car off? I told her it's easy to drive from our position behind the computer monitor. I've had the throttle stick on me on three separate occasions, and each time I was able to shut the car off. However, I also had brakes, and I wasn't approaching a bunch of "parked" cars. In a situation like that, your mind is racing, and there's only so much you can do in a very little amount of time. He did what he could do, I suppose. My gripe is that he never should have put himself (and others) in that situation, to begin with.
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I've only had a stuck throttle once - I used a combination of neutral and shutdown and was able to get it off the road and into a parking lot. No big deal - but my mechanic was surprised I was able to control the thing. People aren't trained anymore - when was the last time you heard of someone being trained what to do if the hood flies up? I was.

Wife was driving once, 55 MPH at nite and the headlites went out suddenly. "What do I do?" she yelled. "FUCKING STOP!!!" I yelled back...

It certainly is easy to armchair quarterback this situation - and yea, the guy got himself into that situation. No "Woa" is far worse than no "Go"! I'd like to think that I could have handled it better - and maybe I could have. And maybe not. I wasn't Johnny on the spot...
 
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I keep my emergency/park brakes working and adjusted in case I need to park in an emergency. That and the fact that I have 3 vehicles with manual trans that I like to stay where I leave them.
 
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BlueC said:
I keep my emergency/park breaks working and adjusted in case I need to park in an emergency. That and the fact that I have 3 vehicles with manual trans that I like to stay where I leave them.
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I prefer my parking brake to not break. What I find amazing and a bit annoying is that it seems that most people do NOT use the parking brake when parking. That got my Dad into trouble a couple of times...

It so bad that I've seen multiple instances of someone trying to drive a car and not understanding why it wouldn't go - parking brake!
 
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Squatch said:
Absolutely. The host pointed that out, too, toward the end of the video. On a side note, I've noticed through the years how some folks refer to it as a parking brake, while others call it an emergency brake. I fall into the latter camp. Twice I've had to use the "e-brake" to come to a stop: once in my '67 Dart GT, and once in a '70 Maverick.
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I fall into the E- brake camp as well , probably because I grew up in a world of cars with single brake hydraulic systems.
Twice I experienced hydraulic failures on single systems , let me assure you your mechanical system definitely becomes The Emergency Brake !
The vehicles in question were my 1st car 51 Chevy Deluxe 4 dr. and my little brothers 65 Chevy C-10. extreme pucker factor in both situations,
These are the experiences that make young men into old men who make damn sure their emergency brakes work !

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Zorba said:
when was the last time you heard of someone being trained what to do if the hood flies up?
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I've only seen that happen once. It was at a local drag strip on a test and tune night. Some guy went down the track in a pretty nice '68 Firebird. Around half track that hood flew open and smashed the windshield. I talked to him in the pits. He was worried about going home. Turns out it was his wife's car that he snuck out, and he knew she was going to be pissed. :ROFLMAO:
 
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BlueC said:
I've only seen that happen once. It was at a local drag strip on a test and tune night. Some guy went down the track in a pretty nice '68 Firebird. Around half track that hood flew open and smashed the windshield. I talked to him in the pits. He was worried about going home. Turns out it was his wife's car that he snuck out, and he knew she was going to be pissed. :ROFLMAO:
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Out at Lebanon Valley Speedway (in New York) back in the early '80s, I watched a guy do a high RPM 1st-to-2nd gear shift in his '68/'69 Javelin. Flywheel with the entire clutch assembly still attached exited the vehicle, straight up through the dash and out the windshield. Must've shot fifteen feet in the air. The driver did the only thing he could do, given the situation: He shit his pants. :sneaky:
 
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ColoJeep said:
I fall into the E- brake camp as well , probably because I grew up in a world of cars with single brake hydraulic systems.
Twice I experienced hydraulic failures on single systems , let me assure you your mechanical system definitely becomes The Emergency Brake !😲
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"Mechanical system"?!? What mechanical system? The idiots designing cars today use electric parking brakes! Wonderful! Fantastic! Outstanding!
 
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