ABSTRACT

If sea levels continue to rise as predicted, workplaces will move to higher altitudes containing more hilly terrain. A car parked on an incline can roll downhill forwards or backwards if the emergency brake has not been applied or functions improperly, or if the car is not correctly braced against the curb (California Driver Handbook 2019). In 2007, a car parked on the Hill Run Road at Northern Caribbean University (NCU) suddenly moved rapidly backwards down the hill, thereby substantially damaging another vehicle parked on the same side of the same road at some distance down the slope (Harris and Pitkin 2012)