Driving and maintaining an old car or truck is a very time-consuming endeavor which requires mechanical skills and a bit of passion for the way in which things used to be made in the old days. However, when it comes to using an old truck for fire duty, that’s a totally different matter.
As you can see, this old Russian fire truck has no brakes. Why? Well, because it’s old and was built in a time when quality and durability were not necessarily the main concerns. Furthermore, it is used as a fire truck, so it needs to pack a bit of punch, to reach those far-away fires in due time - judging by the fact that it can’t even stop, we really have doubts about the efficiency of the system as a whole. . .
We say that when it comes to ambulances and fire trucks (police cars not so much), it is best to have modern machines which can reach their destination quickly and safely and not cause more damage on the way, as that would render them redundant.
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