Brake pads sticking - very scary experience

[mariesnowgoose]

Gosh, this forum is full of stupid persons. I am one of Jock Thompsons bairns and that means I have nothing and no where my roots are. As posted Taxi. For goodness sake stop making excuses and look at reality. I have reason for asking about colour of vehicle that I will come baack to later

I'm intrigued now. What's the significance of a green vehicle, hmm? Will the story be worth the wait
Nobody's forcing you to talk to us, shortcircuit, if we're all so stoopid :rabbit: :lol-053:

 

[whitevanwoman]

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I just knew Aladdinsane was waiting to have a go.

Go on then, do your worst, but just remember what you say reflects more on you than it does on me.
And more importantly, an opinion only matters if you respect the person who's giving it.

 

[Sparks]

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[Smaug]

But can afford baccy? hmmm

Jeez, away & boil your head! Why so much negativity? She's had a bit of a torrid time & kindly told us about it, enjoy the tale & congratulate her for dealing with adversity. You'll stop anyone posting anything if you keep this up!

 

[Aladdinsane]

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I just knew Aladdinsane was waiting to have a go.

Go on then, do your worst, but just remember what you say reflects more on you than it does on me.
And more importantly, an opinion only matters if you respect the person who's giving it.

Not an opinion just a fact, you can afford baccy, but you have bills pending, you have an unsafe vehicle at a garage but choose to drive it home? It's in you original post.

 

[hextal]

Id have done the same thing as wvw but it doesn't make it the right thing.

Duff brakes can be coped with for the main part by adapting driving style. but every now and again you need to anchor on hard for something unpredicted.

An extreme view i know, but if a family member was killed by a vehicle that failed to stop in time due to a known brake fault, what would you think of that driver and their actions?

 

[Sparks]

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[Smaug]

Come on there's no need for this nonsense. No-one was hurt, the lass has had an adventure, dealt with it & shared it so what's with all the "doom & gloom" and "it all could have ended so badly" crap?

The sky could have fallen down, but it didn't & to be honest it's not actually even that likely. Maybe you wouldn't have the courage to take a bit of a risk getting home, maybe you wouldn't have had the skill to do it successfully, but she did. Please pack in this dreadful sanctimonious drivel, it does you & SC no credit.

 

[hextal]

But the problem wasn't that the brakes wouldn't work.

They sound kinda duff in that they are sticking. On or off is bad news. Off for obvious reasons. On for the level of heat build up and the significant effect on braking performance.

 

[hextal]

Come on there's no need for this nonsense. No-one was hurt, the lass has had an adventure, dealt with it & shared it so what's with all the "doom & gloom" and "it all could have ended so badly" crap?

The sky could have fallen down, but it didn't & to be honest it's not actually even that likely. Maybe you wouldn't have the courage to take a bit of a risk getting home, maybe you wouldn't have had the skill to do it successfully, but she did. Please pack in this dreadful sanctimonious drivel, it does you & SC no credit.

Read my post. I said id have done the same thing too. But i think its always good to look at both sides of things.

 

[mariesnowgoose]

What's done is done.

For the record, I'd have done exactly the same as WVW. The risks were calculated and minimal, the main risk being to herself.
She knows the road home like the back of her hand, there is virtually zilch traffic round there.

That was a bit of a cheap dig about baccy, Aladdin, don't you think?

You're not a tea-total, born-again Christian evangelist by any chance?
It's my considered opinion that we may have one or two amongst us who suffer from a mild case of f*nny envy :scared: :lol-053::lol-061::rabbit:

 

[Smaug]

Id have done the same thing as wvw but it doesn't make it the right thing.

Duff brakes can be coped with for the main part by adapting driving style. but every now and again you need to anchor on hard for something unpredicted.

An extreme view i know, but if a family member was killed by a vehicle that failed to stop in time due to a known brake fault, what would you think of that driver and their actions?

Totally hypothetical supposition of yours, of course, but I would think the guy an idiot for not driving within his capability to stop.

WVW DID drive within that capability, or she would not have got home. That is the whole point, if your car has a problem & you intend to drive it, then you MUST drive within its capabilities (& one's own). I can't remember the last time I had to slam on for something unexpected, perhaps a couple of years ago. I mean, who would want to slam on the anchors on a motorhome anyway, the cupboards would be in a right mess! :scared:

 

[Tezza33]

So what should I have done? It's easy to condemn when you're not in the situation yourself. Not so easy to come up with a solution though. I did what I thought was best in the circumstances. That's all I could do.

I would have done the same as you in your circumstances, you were aware you had a problem so would have been driving accordingly using engine braking going downhill etc, plus you also have dual circuit brakes so losing braking on that wheel doesn't necessarily mean losing all brakes, losing one circuit at 70mph on the motorway you are in trouble, losing one at 25mph on quiet roads can be a gamble but I bet you were thinking well in advance of corners if you knew the road as well :scared:

 

[Aladdinsane]

Come on there's no need for this nonsense. No-one was hurt, the lass has had an adventure, dealt with it & shared it so what's with all the "doom & gloom" and "it all could have ended so badly" crap?

The sky could have fallen down, but it didn't & to be honest it's not actually even that likely. Maybe you wouldn't have the courage to take a bit of a risk getting home, maybe you wouldn't have had the skill to do it successfully, but she did. Please pack in this dreadful sanctimonious drivel, it does you & SC no credit.

Missing the point, accidents happen, as responsible motorists we we should do our utmost to prevent them. You cannot predict any collision and driving a vehicle with a known fault/problem is frankly stupid.

 

[shortcircuit]

I'm intrigued now. What's the significance of a green vehicle, hmm? Will the story be worth the wait
Nobody's forcing you to talk to us, shortcircuit, if we're all so stoopid :rabbit: :lol-053:

In September I travelled south on exactly the same section of road. I passed a vehicle driven by a female 50+ with straggly grey hair driving a vehicle as described. Lady had doggy on lap with paws on steering wheel. My comments at that time were 'STUPID WOMAN`. In view of posting I think I have identified same person with the same irresponsibly attitudes. I could be tottaly wrong but leave it up to you to make your own mind up.

As an addendum, would an " advanced trained driver" drive such an dangerous vehicle, I think not.

 

[mariesnowgoose]

What a load of sanctimonious drivel! :lol-061::lol-061::lol-061::lol-061::lol-049::lol-049::lol-049:

:bow:

WVW is neither grey nor old nor green-van-driving :lol-053:

 

[whitevanwoman]

But the problem wasn't that the brakes wouldn't work.

Indeed, the problem being that they wouldn't stop working :lol-053:

As we so often say on this forum, in any group of people there's always the odd bad uns who spoil it for everyone else.

And as already said, I made my judgement based on my circumstances and only I know fully what they are and what the domino effect would have been to my life as a result. And I made my own risk assessment and I took a risk. End of. What's done is done.

Absolutely pointless to be rude and insulting and provocative as it changes nothing, and makes it much less likely for people to respect your opinion. And without knowing all the exact facts and circumstances, no one can tell me I was right or wrong. Well, you can and depending on how you say it, and how you mean it (ie are you wanting to be helpful and give useful practical advise, or do you just want to boost your own ego by putting someone else down) I may or may not listen to what you say, and may or may not take note. As I said before, an opinion only matters if you respect the person who is giving it. It's taken me a long time to take that on board but it's now firmly ingrained in my core beliefs.

Now I might even crack open a bottle of beer (oops, shouldn't have said that, Aladdinsane is going to love berating me for that one but perhaps he might like to tell me how I should spend my money) and celebrate the fact that this thread has been great for distracting me this evening from worrying about the repair costs :cheers:

 

[Aladdinsane]

What's done is done.

For the record, I'd have done exactly the same as WVW. The risks were calculated and minimal, the main risk being to herself.
She knows the road home like the back of her hand, there is virtually zilch traffic round there.

That was a bit of a cheap dig about baccy, Aladdin, don't you think?

You're not a tea-total, born-again Christian evangelist by any chance?
It's my considered opinion that we may have one or two amongst us who suffer from a mild case of f*nny envy :scared: :lol-053::lol-061::rabbit:

I don't think it was a cheap shot, when you have MOT, tax and insurance due and quote "money is tight" then list Baccy as an essential?

 

[mariesnowgoose]

Where's Phil when you need him?!
For gawd's sake ban me right now and save me from myself!!! :lol-049::lol-061::wave:

 

[Smaug]

Missing the point, accidents happen, as responsible motorists we we should do our utmost to prevent them. You cannot predict any collision and driving a vehicle with a known fault/problem is frankly stupid.

You must be an awful driver if you have "unpredictable collisions". :lol-053:

Are you aware that the Police call them Traffic Incidents now rather than accidents because they are all caused by the drivers' actions?

Driving normally with a known fault is frankly stupid, but there are cars everywhere being driven with faults, the safest ones are those where the driver KNOWS there is a fault & modifies their driving to allow for it. That modification might include driving slower, allowing much longer stopping distances, taking a quieter route, driving the minimum possible amount.

Your retrospective comments don't seem to have been made in a helpful manner, which is a shame. Perhaps if you had thought a bit more carefully about how you expressed them you might not have generated such a reaction.