On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 22:02:41 GMT, "Skip Elliott Bowman"
He can't, but it certainly seems more plausible than both the brakes AND the parking garage failing at the same time.
What do you think happened?
After searching around, I found a video of the news broadcast.
It was called "an amazing survival story" and both the press and the police played up the fact that her seatbelt saved her, calling it "a prime example" of why you should wear a seatbelt.
The wall isn't as sturdy-looking as I had expected it to be, but there were blocks in front of the spaces which both front and rear tires of that tiny econobox would have had to get over while her car would have had to maintain enough momentum to make it through the wall and all the way over the edge.
If I had been her, I would have been standing on the brake by the time my front wheels rolled over the curb and when I kept going, I would have pulled the handbrake. If that failed, I would hopefully have the good sense and reaction time to throw it in park or at least neutral.
I'm sure it happened fast, but hopefully you're not going very fast while you're trying to park in a garage and you're driving - you sometimes HAVE to react fast.
Video (of broadcast, not accident) here:
(Get a load of that thug in the background trying to get in the picture while they're interviewing her brother "Mickey").
Slideshow available here:
