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>>Another tip:
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>>If you're on a winding mountain road, with vertiginous drop-offs, and some villain has severed your brake pipes, don't bother trying to pump the useless brake pedal and steer around the vicious bends; just reach for the key and turn the damn engine off. Engine braking will then slow you down and eventually stop you, esp. if in a manual trans. car.
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>What about if he's rigged your car so the ignition won't turn off and he's rigged your gear shift so you can't downshift or put it into reverse?
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>Or, what if he's cut your key so it breaks off when you try to turn off the engine? Or what if he's stolen your car and substituted an exact duplicate that only goes 240 Kph and the engine can't be turned off or be downshifted. And what if he's rigged your ejection seat so it doesn't work either, or it works, but he's replaced your breakaway car roof with a regular car roof.


Then you're rubber-ducked!

I can't cover ALL the bases!

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>Remember the guy is nefarious, so it could happen.

But in most film all they do is sever the brake pipes. Once they realise that the goodies have taken up my safety precautions then their schemes will evolve.

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>>>>Oh, and another tip: Don't assume that if you drive your car through an opaque window, from the top of a multi-storey car park, that it will always land on another roof beyond, or in a railroad boxcar full of cotton, or other such soft options. The chances are you'll plummet to your death.
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>>>>If you try and leap an unfeasibly wide gap, don't always rely on there being a ramp on the take-off side, esp. one that'll flip your car through 360 during the flight.
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>>>>If you smash your car through the plate glass window of a chic restaurant, don't always rely on the ability of the diners to just about get out of your way. Some of them may be infirm, slow witted, or just not paying attention. You may be had up for manslaughter (in fact, most probably).
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>>>>>You guys are living in a dream world. Are you telling me that a factor in your choice of car truly considered the need to escape during high speed pursuits? Puh-leeze ...
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