"Bob Eager" wrote in message
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On Wed, 07 Aug 2013 01:00:14 +0100, Artic wrote:

harryagain scribbled...


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 ****.


Had a Ford Anglia, the split pin holding the brake pedal pivot broke,
the pivot fell out, so I was unable to brake with the pedal lying on the
floor. Turning the engine off worked.

Certain mechanical failures on the Austin A35/A40 could be nasty, as
there were not two independent braking systems. The handbrake and
hydraulic brake shared many components (there was a single slave cylinder
mounted on the chassis at the rear, which operated the same linkage as
the handbrake).

Brand new Vauxhall Vivaro van.
Sat in it drinking coffee. Rested foot on brake pedal. Pedal fell off.
The AA man declined to comment.