12-02-2014, 05:18 AM
Most people are unaccustomed to mountain driving, and the necessity to shift into a lower gear on downhill stretches so the brakes aren't over applied.
I lived on Haleakala Highway on Maui years ago, and it was fairly common to smell burning brakes as the tourists drove down the mountain. Once in awhile someone would stop to call* their car rental agency to come & get them, as they thought "the brakes were defective and had given out."
*pre cell phone era
I lived on Haleakala Highway on Maui years ago, and it was fairly common to smell burning brakes as the tourists drove down the mountain. Once in awhile someone would stop to call* their car rental agency to come & get them, as they thought "the brakes were defective and had given out."
*pre cell phone era
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