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The house sits at the bottom of a small hill. Only 4 houses up that hill, but it's steep. Apparently the engine died and the power brakes went out as well.
Did you educate her on the presence of this great invention called an EMERGENCY BRAKE? You know, that's cable-actuated in case of. . . you know. . . EMERGENCIES?!?!

I can't believe how stupid/uneducated people are today with respect to operating automotive machinery. This is precisely the kind of crap that SHOULD be tested for on driving tests. Not whether a person can fog a mirror or drive in a straight line for 30 seconds, but the same kinds of things pilots are tested for with respect to aircraft - systems, emergency procedures, etc.

It'll never happen though. Too many people make way too much $$$ off of licenses being handed out like candy.
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