I have had the power brakes quit many times and the power steering has quit a few times, I always try to use the brakes like I dont have power brakes, except for yesterday when a guy in a civic cut me off. He came around me on the right just to slam on the brakes and jerk in front of me in an attempt to get into the turn lane, that spun him to where I was headed at him t bone style. I locked up the brakes on the old ford, knew I was fixing to plow through that little ricer, then I saw a baby seat in the car. I ****** the pickup into the right lane in front of other traffic and went sideways into the intersection and slid into a parking lot. I set the e brake in the parking lot entrance and stepped out of the truck with full intentions of whooping the guys **** from one edge of the road to the other. I walked up and saw the baby screaming and crying and a cop with his lights on across the intersection and figured whooping the guys ass would do no good on his part and only send me to jail. I told the guy that if I had not ****** sideways that little girl would be dead instead of screaming and crying and the cop finally got there and wrote the guy for wreckless driving, speeding, unsafe lane change, child endangerment and a few other things.