No comment.
Posted on 05/02/2021 2:09:21 AM PDT by nickcarraway
Three people in a red Mercedes found their safety hanging in the balance when the car was suspended six metres above Clementi Road on Wednesday (April 28) morning.
The driver told The Straits Times that she was on the way out after buying flowers at Corona Florist and Nursery at around 10.20am.
However, she lost control of the vehicle and crashed through a railing at the edge of the nursery which was partly located on a rise.
She managed to stop the car but found herself and her two passengers hanging precariously at the edge that overlooked the main road.
Fortunately, the nursery's workers noticed their predicament and rushed to help the trapped trio, Shin Min Daily News reported.
Four workers rushed to the car and pressed down on its boot to prevent the vehicle from falling over the edge.
They later opened the doors, helping the driver and the front passenger to make a careful exit. The passenger in the back seat also got out of the car safely.
The driver told the Chinese daily that she suspected that her car brakes were faulty and said she intended to send her car for servicing.
Following the incident, the pavement and first lane on Clementi Road were cordoned off and the car was towed away at around 1pm.
The police said no injuries were reported and investigations are ongoing.
They just happened to be videoing out the window when that happened last remark
kinda wondering if corona florist and nursery sells diseased plants...
Hardly hanging. This is how to “hang”:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/mar/16/pickup-truck-bridge-dangle-rescue-trailer-idaho
Don’t buy your trailer safety chains from a discount place.
Asian woman, Mercedes, unlikely car crash? Reminds me of SoCal in the late 70’s.
The car brakes were likely not faulty. That’s still a relatively new Mercedes, and most modern cars (even Kias) generally have working systems. Especially the ‘important’ systems, like brakes.
Most likely is she pressed on the gas pedal rather than the brakes. I’ve seen enough people do that exact ‘move’ at local 711s to know it’s almost always the core reason.
Remember the Audi “unintended acceleration” scare in the 80s? Same thing, people were hitting the gas instead of the brake and then panicking and pushing the pedal even harder.
I’ve never had brakes fail outright, though I have certainly had old VW drum brakes fade to practically nothing.
There is nothing that compares to that sick feeling you get when your brake pedal sinks to the floor due to a blown wheel cylinder. (Non-power, drum brakes...dating myself)
—”that sick feeling you get when your brake pedal sinks to the floor due to a blown wheel cylinder. “
My brother had an old IH Travelall, a brake line rusted out and did not want to tow it home.
So I explained how to mash the line against the frame, that and a qt of brake fluid would get it home.
A year or two later he tapped the bumper of the car in front in the rain.
He had crushed two more lines and was driving on one wheel brake !!!
A school teacher waiting for the time to replace the brake lines!!!
Exactly. Not saying it’s impossible for brakes to fail, just that in most cases it’s, erm, ‘user error.’
I’m almost certain she pressed the accelerator.
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