Man Detained for Speeding, Using Cooking Oil For Brake Fluid

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A Welsh man was detained when an officer spotted his vehicle going significantly over the posted speed limit. The 24-year-old man, with his four children in the back seat, had an unusual excuse for his transgression.

Instead of using proper brake fluid in his vehicle, the man filled the brake lines with cooking oil. When the officers tested the vehicle's brakes, they were found to be completely "non-functioning".

The driver will likely face jail time as a result of his actions.

http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100...l-in-his-brakes-name_page.html#story_continue
 
Is the kid in the advertisement on the bottom of the page him when he was younger? It could explain some things :p

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Williams told the court he kept jugs of different fluids in his garage and had picked up the wrong one by mistake.
lol. Why it has to be asked did he have jugs of brake fluid and cooking oil in his garage anyway?!
 
Phnom_Penh said:
lol. Why it has to be asked did he have jugs of brake fluid and cooking oil in his garage anyway?!


He's still a nobber for keeping brake fluid in a jug and not the original container.
 
PeterNem said:
Aye. His kids could have stumbled upon it and thought it was Pimms and Lemonade or something.


No it absorbs air and stops working if it isnt in a sealed container, similar to clutch fluid.
;)
 
[TW]Fox said:
So how did he slow down to stop when he was pulled over if the brakes were completely non functioning?

I used to put my feet down and stop my bike, when I was a little kid, because it had not brakes, so I am thinking he did the same. Not too sure about the state of his feet afterwards.
 
atpbx said:
No it absorbs air and stops working if it isnt in a sealed container, similar to clutch fluid.
;)


That as well ;) :p

pyro said:
I used to put my feet down and stop my bike, when I was a little kid, because it had not brakes, so I am thinking he did the same. Not too sure about the state of his feet afterwards.

You mean like Fred Flintstone?!
 
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