Had A pretty scary thing happen yesterday.

[Skeet 028]

A Little Long
Went down to the irrigation office yesterday.. Put the truck in park and went to the door. When I came back...opened the door grabbed the handhold on the door post got one foot on the trucks running board and before I could step up the truck which was running dropped out of park into reverse. Knocked me over...drug me down the road about 50-75 ft before I could get the door open enough to let go and roll away from the truck without getting legs or arms run over...still ran over my right hand...Don't know why it dropped into reverse. Truck ended up backing into a large electric pole. 100 feet or so away. ..the hitch hit dead center. The only damage other than to me was the pole got a gouge in it. BTW the truck is a 2007 Ford F-250 in exc condition. Many moons ago I had a close friend get out of her car at her roadside mailbox. The car went into reverse ran over and killed her...never thought something like that could happen to me...I must admit I am a sore puppy today. Just a word to the wise...try not to do stupid stuff...my wife's words to me!!

 

[Onomea]

Jeez, Skeet. Very glad you are okay.

Every now and then I think, "I really ought to use the parking brake, " but I rarely do.

Maybe your experience will set me straight.

 

[hsguy]

Jeez, Skeet. Very glad you are okay.

Every now and then I think, "I really ought to use the parking brake, " but I rarely do.

Maybe your experience will set me straight.

Turn it off!

 

[mckenney99]

As a wet behind the ears, know nothing baby Trooper I was taught to stomp on the emergency brake as you throw it in park and reach for the door handle. You never know when you might have to bail out after a runner and not quite get the patrol car into park (it has happened). Only had one runner but I did have a couple instances where the patrol car didn't get into park after a pursuit. It is a habit I still do today, the left foot just automatically steps down on the E Brake.

Glad you had enough presence of mind to roll away and only wound up with a hand injury and some bumps and bruises.

 

[TX-Dennis]

Glad you are (mostly) okay.

Weird stuff happens. I had an employee years ago who called out because she "ran over herself." Asked to explain she said she dropped something out of her window, opened the door to lean out and get it with the truck in gear, fell out and the truck rolled over her foot.

 

[Rustyt1953]

Two weeks ago my grandson had his '01 F150 (manual transmission) parked head first in the carport. He got in and started it and was about to back up when he noticed a tool he had left in the bed. He shut the truck off, put it in first and got out and left the door open

When he was behind the truck it popped out of gear and started rolling backwards. The driveway has enough pitch to it that the truck picked up steam pretty quickly. He used his body to stop it from rolling further.

The door caught on a support column and bent the door back to where it was touching the fender.

My younger SIL is a master mechanic and it took them four hours to get the door to close.

Stuff happens.

 

[Onomea]

Turn it off!

???

 

[LVSteve]

Parking brake, parking brake, parking brake!!!! For those that don't know, when you learn to drive in the UK, you use the parking brake, A LOT. I do it here, much to the chagrin of valets and car mechanics.

 

[Skeet 028]

Turn it off!

That's what my wife said! I am very lucky to only have a hurt hand...And I do hurt all over.. Don't know why it popped into reverse.. I was nowhere even close to the gear shift lever...The emergency brake is something I rarely think of

 

[Onomea]

???

Oh! Turn the car off. I get it.

 

[Tom S.]

 

[Breakaway500]

Check the mounting bracket bolts on the shift cable up under the steering column. It is very common for the two bolts that hold it firm to become loose and cause this issue. They loosen so slowly you don't notice it till they are bad enough to allow this sort of problem.

 

[M1A4ME]

Many years ago one of the guys I worked with drove a late 70's Ford PU. He went to the gym to work out and when he left he started the truck up, put the shifter in reverse and it didn't move. He moved the shifter to drive and it didn't move.

He got, with the truck engine still idling and crawled up under the truck. He noticed the shift lever had come off the side of the transmission. For some reason he couldn't explain he reached up to grab the arm on the side of the transmission and moved it to try to get it close to the linkage arm hanging down the side of the transmission.

He was very lucky the transmission went into drive and not reverse. The truck rolled up against the parking curb and couldn't climb over that so it stopped. He was very lucky he hadn't moved something that caused that transmission to go into reverse.

Of course, we made fun of him for several days/weeks after that since he'd not been hurt.

 

[Baxter6551]

VERY scary. Glad you were not seriously hurt and that the truck only hit a pole. It happened to a friend of mine with a Honda Pilot. He was pretty seriously hurt. Car in reverse ran over his groin area and legs.

 

[javbike]

Glad you are ok damn happens

 

[Jack Ryan]

I haven't seen ANYONE put on the parking brake in at least 20 or 30 years.

 

[erikpolcrack]

Sixty years ago when my mom taught me to drive, she drilled me on parking the auto trans car - same procedure whether turning it off or leaving it run. Use foot brake to stop car - shift into neutral - apply emergency/parking brake - release foot brake - reapply both brakes if car moves - only after car holds stationary in neutral do you put the trans in park. If car moves with emergrncy/parking brake applied, get your rear brakes adjusted. This procedure not only prevents accidents like in OP, but also prevents jammed-in-park problems. I've had to help more than one driver push or rock their car to get it out of park because they parked on an incline without using their emergency/parking brake. She also drilled me on turning the front wheels to the right toward the curb if facing downhill or turning them left if facing uphill if parked along a curb. Family motto passed down to me: "Measure twice, cut once!"

 

[MP-5]

Could have been worse.

 

[Autonomous]

Always (!) use the parking brake. Even my non-mechanically minded wife does.
It's not that hard.

 

[Rubone]

I haven't seen ANYONE put on the parking brake in at least 20 or 30 years.

I use mine all the time. And I use the one in my wife's car too which really pisses her off!!