Re: Driving With Two Brakes

Neil wrote:

> I spoke with his mother after speaking to the mechanic and after posting
> here. Apparently, she was unaware that the rear brakes were not working.
She
> said, one, the place didn't tell her it was an unsafe situation. And,
two,
> she said she thought the emergency brake had a different brake shoe than
the
> rear brake. Thus, until I spoke with her, she thought the situation was
> restricted to only the emergency brake, and not the rear brake itself.

Why would you expect the average woman to know how car brakes work ?

Graham