You reminded me of a story from my car's history that I had completely forgotten. When I was about 11 or so, my mother drove me and my sister to the library to drop off a book. She parked it outside the front door (and I use the term "park" loosely ... ) and left my sister and I in it. Well, she didn't put it park. After she had gone in the library door, Bo started going backwards down the hill in front of the building. Quick thinking 11yo that I was, I jumped over the console, leaned down and pressed the brake with my hands (I was really short; no way my feet were getting there). I had no idea about the parking break or putting the car in park, so I just sat there squatting beneath the wheel with my hands on that brake until my mom came back out. What a funny memory. My sister, who was about 8 (and has a mild mental handicap), had no idea what was going on. Who knows where we would have landed, but I think it would have been a tree or a small revine.

And that's how I learned that one should always put the car in park ...

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