the whole time david was in the car and he started noticing something was wrong, i got totally anxious and was thinking was there ANYTHING he could have done to stop her from going off the ledge? i was thinking i love you but he said that.
shareYou can always pull the stick out of gear, to neutral. Sure, you won't stop imediately, but the bitch won't gonna be speeding. I don't know if this works for old school cars where the stick is up on the steering wheel though.
shareSlide over, jam your foot on the brake pedal (you can also grab the steering wheel and turn off the ignition while you're at it, but the brake pedal is the most important target). In other words, forcefully assume control of the car. She's a small woman, it is not as if she can stop you.
You'd be surprised how quickly you can get your foot on the brake pedal from the passenger seat when reflexes take over. I did it once while teaching my niece to drive a standard. She got flustered and was heading toward the ditch. It only took me a second to get my foot on the brake, and I don't even remember making a conscious decision to do so. I did the same thing while sitting in the passenger seat of my mechanic friend's wrecker, though he wasn't in the driver's seat at the time. He forgot to put it in park. It started rolling backwards immediately, with his door still open and before he was fully out of the truck. I got my foot on the brake before he could get back in the truck. That was also a reflexive reaction.
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