Emmerdale veteran Eric Pollard (played by Chris Chittell) left fans scratching their heads during tonight’s first episode when his brakes failed.
The longtime character was rushing Tracy Metcalfe (Amy Walsh) to the hospital after realising she was going into labour.But when Eric’s breaks stopped working, rather than taking the car down to a lower gear he slammed on the hand brake straight away.Travelling at high speed down a country road, Eric’s vehicle skidded and swerved, as a panicked Tracy screeched in the backseat.Flocking to Twitter to berate Eric for his handling of the unexpected turn of events, viewers were flabbergasted.“Wow, could the car scenes look any faker? #Emmerdale,” one person asked.“Omg, leave the handbrake alone, that’s.
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