What to Do If Your Brakes Fail While Driving
by Rachel Fairbank from Lifehacker on (#53DR0)
When I was in high school, my car brakes gave out on me while driving down a hill. My memories of the incident are hazy-I remember it as a few seconds that stretched on forever: frantically stomping on the brakes; my car coasting to a stop; me, hyperventilating for an indeterminate period. That incident is but one of...