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   From: b.scott@csuohio.edu   
      
   On Wed, 07 Aug 2013 00:34:42 +1000, "Gary R. Schmidt"   
    wrote in   
    in   
   rec.arts.sf.written,rec.arts.sf.movies,rec.arts.books:   
      
   > On 6/08/2013 3:23 AM, Brian M. Scott wrote:   
      
   >> On Mon, 5 Aug 2013 17:13:13 +0000 (UTC), Tim McDaniel   
   >>  wrote in   
   >>  in   
   >> rec.arts.sf.written,rec.arts.sf.movies,rec.arts.books:   
      
   >>> In article ,   
   >>> Brian M. Scott  wrote:   
      
   >>>> On Sun, 4 Aug 2013 22:44:56 +0000 (UTC), Tim McDaniel   
   >>>>  wrote in   
   >>>>  in   
   >>>> rec.arts.sf.written,rec.arts.sf.movies,rec.arts.books:   
      
   >>>> [...]   
      
   >>>>> That I have had driver's licences for over 30 years is of   
   >>>>> far less relevance than the fact that I've never had a   
   >>>>> brake-related emergency and that downshifting looks more   
   >>>>> useful.  [...]   
      
   >>>> It isn't.  Downshifting will *slow* you   
      
   >>> I do not want to make what I suspect would be an expensive   
   >>> test, but I suspect that, at slow speed, downshifting   
   >>> from 1st to park may well stop the car.   
      
   >> I drive a stick shift; there is no park.   
      
   > And you can therefore shift into reverse, and gently, ever   
   > so gently, let the clutch out and slow the vehicle when   
   > you have a complete brake failure, as in not only have   
   > the hydraulics gone, but the cable that works the   
   > "parking brake" has also snapped.   
      
   I could indeed, especially since my xA has a pretty gentle   
   clutch.  But I’d really, really rather not have the   
   opportunity!   
      
   [...]   
      
   Brian   
      
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