I taught that in case of cable failure. Knowing what can happen and what one can do is important! Same goes for no brakes! What are the options? Downshift

I taught that in case of cable failure. Knowing what can happen and what one can do is important! Same goes for no brakes! What are the options? Downshift Turn engine off. (Deffo practice that one) Emergency brake. Take exit, side road, shoulder... Controlled crash. That last one saved me. Was in a '73 beetle on a racing slot type freeway and boom! No brakes and about 20 seconds before I arrived at what would be a wall of cars. No exits. No e-break. Shit! I ground the car to a stop. Literally. Downshifted, then engine off, then ease it into the wall... Scary and it trashed a nice beetle, but slamming into the other cars was gonna be way worse.