It's an awful experience - not long after passing my driving test, the fuel pump in my car failed. Within a second or two of the engine cutting out, I had very

It's an awful experience - not long after passing my driving test, the fuel pump in my car failed. Within a second or two of the engine cutting out, I had very little control of the car - steering took significant physical effort (far beyond not having power steering), and I basically had to stand on the brakes to even begin slowing down. I ended up steering into a kurb and throwing the handbrake on before stopping as I was close to rolling down a hill in traffic.