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Posted on 09/01/2017 7:25:34 PM PDT by McGruff
A freak accident almost led to disaster on Wednesday when a brake malfunction caused a woman's car to nearly collide with President Donald Trump's motorcade on a highway in southern Missouri, police say.
Trump was returning from a speech on tax reform in Springfield when a white sedan emerged from a wooded area, plowed down an embankment, and headed directly for the presidential limousine.
The car stopped about 10 meters (30 feet) from Trump's limousine, which sped by unharmed with the rest of the motorcade. Video posted on social media showed a woman emerge from the car, seemingly distressed at her accident.
(Excerpt) Read more at voanews.com ...
Police quickly determined there was no intent to harm the president.
“It was a horribly timed mistake,” said Lisa Cox, with the Springfield Police Department. “It’s like the opposite of winning the lottery.”
Local police and Secret Service officers questioned the woman and a passenger, before releasing them both unharmed, Cox said.
In a statement, the Secret Service said an investigation revealed the vehicle “experienced a total failure of its braking system.”
“total failure of its braking system.””
BS.
There’s always the park brake and the ability to turn the steering wheel to go uphill to then put the trans back in PArk.
“total failure of its braking system.””
Total BS.
There’s always the park brake and the ability to turn the steering wheel to go uphill to then put the trans back in PArk.
Where’s the media “It was the Russians” on this one?
There are several things you can do if the brakes fail tho a lot of people especially women would not think of them.
You can scrub off speed by weaving the car back and forth. Downshift. Of course the mechanical brake. Try to hit something not deadly but which will still slow you down. That does not include large trees.
What kind of car? Year?
Where’s Catlyn Jenner?
Probably the woman was testing the defenses.
Looked like an old Taurus.
She could have steered uphill out of the channelized ditch.
Timing was way too good to have been co ink e dental.
There’s a still shot of the vehicle here.
http://www.ozarksfirst.com/news/vehicle-appears-from-woods-as-trump-motorcade-drives-by/801709463
Looks like an older Ford Taurus to me.
Also there was no road where the car came out from.
Bad Gramma, bad...
I do not believe it. Brakes or no brakes; I don’t see that car making it through that ditch without gas pedal being applied. I think the car would have been stuck in the ditch.
Has anyone released the name of the woman? And the passenger? That was freaky.
Good observation about there being no brakes applied, but rather throttling the gas to climb back up that ditch. But what other conclusion would you expect from the agency that murdered Kennedy (SS)?
Can’t the NSA and CIA basically remote control newer cars?
Horse feathers...imagine what the MSM would out the car if Obama were still in.
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