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Random question, I can't find it on Google anywhere.
I work with a Indian guy who's wife has just allowed her works car to roll off down a hill, nearly ran several people over, and then demolished a brick wall and came to a standstill with the back end pointing up at the sky. Luckily no one was hurt. The car in question is an automatic. But my colleague swears blind that the gear stick only has positions D, N and R. With a plus and minus presumably for manual gear changes. He insists there is no parking gear. I for one have never heard of an auto having no P on the selector. It would therefore mean the car relies solely on the handbrake for keeping the car stationary on a steep hill. Our highway code states that when parked, a vehicle should be left in gear as well as having the handbrake/parking brake applied. So I'm a bit baffled as to whether this car really has just a hand brake and no gear to engage for that extra reassurance of keeping the car still.
I'm a bit doubtful of his explanation as he's desperate to blame someone other than his wife, as he's only here on her work sponsorship, and it was her work's car that they'd let her borrow after writing her own car off on Sunday after driving through about 18 inches of water and blowing the engine. If she gets sacked, they're getting sent home. It's for her workplace to decide but I'm looking for info to see if I can give him some sort of argument to use, because from what he said, she's maybe getting sacked tomorrow.
I work with a Indian guy who's wife has just allowed her works car to roll off down a hill, nearly ran several people over, and then demolished a brick wall and came to a standstill with the back end pointing up at the sky. Luckily no one was hurt. The car in question is an automatic. But my colleague swears blind that the gear stick only has positions D, N and R. With a plus and minus presumably for manual gear changes. He insists there is no parking gear. I for one have never heard of an auto having no P on the selector. It would therefore mean the car relies solely on the handbrake for keeping the car stationary on a steep hill. Our highway code states that when parked, a vehicle should be left in gear as well as having the handbrake/parking brake applied. So I'm a bit baffled as to whether this car really has just a hand brake and no gear to engage for that extra reassurance of keeping the car still.
I'm a bit doubtful of his explanation as he's desperate to blame someone other than his wife, as he's only here on her work sponsorship, and it was her work's car that they'd let her borrow after writing her own car off on Sunday after driving through about 18 inches of water and blowing the engine. If she gets sacked, they're getting sent home. It's for her workplace to decide but I'm looking for info to see if I can give him some sort of argument to use, because from what he said, she's maybe getting sacked tomorrow.