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The speed limit in most built-up areas like the one this incident happened in is 30mph. If your brakes failed, can you imagine any corner that couldn’t be taken at 30mph (or less – because if your brakes were not responding, wouldn’t you let-off the right pedal?)

I’ve been in a car before with someone who really was not capable of driving safely and it wasn’t because of drink or drugs, it was because of age. For this incident to have resulted in the death of a baby is horrifying, but the very LAST thing you do, even if you have brake failure, is mount a pedestrian walkway… You should be trying to stop with the hand-brake (as it’s unlikely that ALL brakes failed) or you should be trying to have the car gradually come to a halt (but remaining on the road!) The man in question has stated that he was on the pavement for 25 metres (82 feet), BEFORE hitting the woman and child.

I haven’t done a lot of driving in my life, I’ll admit, but I have pushed the limits. I can’t think of any corner that would have 82 feet of available running area that couldn’t just be taken at 30mph on the roadway. So his story just makes no sense… If his brakes did fail, he should have been should have been going slow enough to not have to mount the pavement. He was either speeding, or he cannot control a car and should not have been on the road anyway. What a shame for that young family.