ONE DAY, a man was driving down the street when his car began experiencing problems. He pulled the car over, put his hazard lights on, got out and opened the hood. Not really knowing much about mechanical things, he hoped that someone would stop by to lend a hand. After a few minutes, a car pulled up to the side of the street behind him. It was a young woman. 'Thanks for stopping.' the man said. 'No problem, I'm Jane. I don't know much about cars, but I have a cellular phone and thought that you might want to call somebody.' 'No that's ok Jane, I think it's the battery and if you just give me a little push, I should be able to get it going again. My name is Martin by the way.' 'Oh, okay Martin.' As the woman started walking towards her car, the man spoke up again. 'Jane, if you get it up to 30 or 40 miles per hour, I should be able to pop the clutch.''Okay.' With that, the man sat into his car, put the gear stick into neutral, adjusted his mirrors, put on his seatbelt and waited. In a few minutes, the man glanced in his rear view mirror, and to his surprise, saw the young woman's car approaching the back of his at, you guessed it, between 30 and 40 miles per hour!
Estimated damage for the crash was about 6,000 dollars.
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