Having worked all my life in the auto repair business, I have lots of experience driving dead, or partially dead vehicles into the shop. If they don't run, usually they are pushed by hand, sometimes by another vehicle.
Vehicles are all designed to be controllable, when the engine fails while driving.
As the speed decreases, you will be required to use more effort steering. Making turns will be very difficult at lower speeds. The sharper the turn, the more momentum it will take. Plan carefully.
You can gain some distance by putting the transmission in neutral as soon as you realize the engine failed. A mechanical shifter on an automatic transmission, will always simply move into neutral if you just push it in that direction.
As stated, the brakes will depend on how much vacuum you have left. When that's lost, they will still work. just not effectively at speed.
Many people don't expect to have to use so much effort to steer and stop, so they mistakenly think it's not possible, and give up.
Find a big parking lot, and turn the engine off while moving, to see what happens. (This should be part of driver education training).
If you have a key ignition, make sure you don't turn it all the way to the key removal position. That will lock the steering wheel.
Vehicles are all designed to be controllable, when the engine fails while driving.
As the speed decreases, you will be required to use more effort steering. Making turns will be very difficult at lower speeds. The sharper the turn, the more momentum it will take. Plan carefully.
You can gain some distance by putting the transmission in neutral as soon as you realize the engine failed. A mechanical shifter on an automatic transmission, will always simply move into neutral if you just push it in that direction.
As stated, the brakes will depend on how much vacuum you have left. When that's lost, they will still work. just not effectively at speed.
Many people don't expect to have to use so much effort to steer and stop, so they mistakenly think it's not possible, and give up.
Find a big parking lot, and turn the engine off while moving, to see what happens. (This should be part of driver education training).
If you have a key ignition, make sure you don't turn it all the way to the key removal position. That will lock the steering wheel.