eeesh - Reminds me of a heart stopping event several years ago with a rolling truck.
Went to visit family in my wife's truck - parked on a hill (automatic, never think about the parking break).
Got out - walked around to the passenger side to get my daughter out of her car seat in the back seat - truck starts rolling backwards down the steep driveway, heading straight into high speed traffic on the busy road.
Total panic - first instinct was to grab the vehicle and try to brace it - my feet started sliding.
Had to make a critical decision
do I run along and try to unbuckle my daughter and pull her out - do I jump in, and hit the brake by foot... where's the parking brake on this thing... do I dive in across the seats and try the brakes by hand - can I reach them in time - dive in it'll be the quickest option - not going to make it....
I dove in across the seat, suddenly the truck just screeched to a stop right before the road.
transmission finally engaged in park I guess.
Even though it ended well, I'll tell you - that half second of indecision will haunt me for the rest of my life.
It was a lot to process by surprise - but still a sickening feeling wondering if I had taken too long to think and react - had the transmission not caught.
You always feel like you'd be the hero in a situation like that - but that scene cast some doubt, knocked me down a peg. Even a tenth of a second of not knowing what to do is an ETERNITY when your own daughter's life's at stake.
Hate thinking about - who made me think about it? I'm changing subject back to rolling tractors.
Brake lock on my little super A is in a bad spot - it's right where you need to step to mount the tractor. Very easy to disengage it as you climb up, which is always fun when you're parked on a hill.
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