In message , Tim Watts
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On Tuesday 06 August 2013 17:28 harryagain wrote in uk.d-i-y:

Reading one of SWMBO's crime novels.

The victim is murdered by cutting a car brake line.
Though it was a pre dual circuit car I reckon I would know the instant I
wnet to start the engine there was a fault as I always put my foot on the
brake. Even without that, there are few circumstance wher nor having a
foot brake would kill you.
I can't think of a single way to sabotage a car to guarantee death short
of explosives.

Stupid plot. These authors must be like journalists, thick as ****.

And in the films where the car is careering down the hill and the stupid
nonce does not try the gears (and yes, it's a manual).

My father employed an ex army driving instructor. Stopping a moving
lorry without the use of the brakes was then part of driver training.
The other tale he used to tell was asking the trainee for his wrist
watch and pretending to place it behind the wheels when practising hill
starts.

Gavin Lyall gave a believable sabotage method in one of his Harry Maxim
novels. An extension to an ignition lead feeding a spark plug fitted to
a part filled petrol can hidden under the seat.



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Tim Lamb