Parked car with driver inside falls in sea waters after brake was not pulled (PHOTOS)
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Parked car with driver inside falls in sea waters after brake was not pulled (PHOTOS)
A car parked by the sea in Peyia area and whose driver forgot to pull its brake early on Sunday ended up falling in the water with him inside.The driver, a permanent resident of Paphos, was pulled out of the water with no injuries.The freak accident took place near Edro III shipwreck located a few kilometres away Peyia's Sea Caves area....
Read the article and chat about it below...
Read the article and chat about it below...
Re: Parked car with driver inside falls in sea waters after brake was not pulled (PHOTOS)
We arrived at Oniro's just as the car was being towed away. I have some great drone footage of the wreck but imagine what it would have looked like had I filmed a car gently rolling into the sea...
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Re: Parked car with driver inside falls in sea waters after brake was not pulled (PHOTOS)
Brings a whole new meaning to Dipping your Headlights......or...
There’s a bit of water in the Carburettor
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There’s a bit of water in the Carburettor
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Re: Parked car with driver inside falls in sea waters after brake was not pulled (PHOTOS)
One way to get a free car wash
Re: Parked car with driver inside falls in sea waters after brake was not pulled (PHOTOS)
As he has cost the authorities more than a pretty penny to extract his wet vehicle from the sea AND he has shown his incompetence as a driver by not setting his brake in time, maybe he can return the money in the form of a fine and show the world what a driver should not do, by serving a couple of years in clink?
Re: Parked car with driver inside falls in sea waters after brake was not pulled (PHOTOS)
The costs involved will be covered by the vehicle owners insurance company.Devil wrote: ↑Sun Mar 07, 2021 4:03 pm As he has cost the authorities more than a pretty penny to extract his wet vehicle from the sea AND he has shown his incompetence as a driver by not setting his brake in time, maybe he can return the money in the form of a fine and show the world what a driver should not do, by serving a couple of years in clink?
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Re: Parked car with driver inside falls in sea waters after brake was not pulled (PHOTOS)
Your daughter was fortunate that there was a suitable tree to stop her car. I have seen cars with one or more wheels in one of the many deep storm drains... or even rolling over the edge on one of the slopes there! Kamares roads need to be treated with respect!
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Re: Parked car with driver inside falls in sea waters after brake was not pulled (PHOTOS)
Well if you're going to make a decision to not treat the handbrake with the importance it deserves, at least leave the car in gear.
Pure stupidity. It should be second nature, just like putting your seatbelt on.
Pure stupidity. It should be second nature, just like putting your seatbelt on.
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Re: Parked car with driver inside falls in sea waters after brake was not pulled (PHOTOS)
If the car had been an automatic then it would or should been in park, then this should not have happened, unless he had a death wish..
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If he had a deathwish I am sure he would have picked a bigger cliff than that.
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Re: Parked car with driver inside falls in sea waters after brake was not pulled (PHOTOS)
And you are perfect I take it? you have never had a lapse or forgotton to do something, you have never switched off for a few seconds etc etc etc.
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It rather tickles me that when I make a rather sarcastic comment followed by four emoticons and so many people on this forum take me seriously. Get a life, my friends!
Re: Parked car with driver inside falls in sea waters after brake was not pulled (PHOTOS)
I think that you should be more worried that few on the forum take you seriously!
Re: Parked car with driver inside falls in sea waters after brake was not pulled (PHOTOS)
In an automatic. If in drive and engine is off it cannot move. If in neutral yes it can be moved.
All things are possible
Re: Parked car with driver inside falls in sea waters after brake was not pulled (PHOTOS)
My modern , auto puts the auto handbrake on as soon as you turn the engine off , or you can flick a switch and hand brake is applied.
It also holds the car stationary when on a slight incline...
It also holds the car stationary when on a slight incline...