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  • thonofpy@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Help me out, with impact imminent, why is breaking hard the wrong thing to do? I get that it gives the car behind you just as little reaction time which might cause a chain reaction, but the end result appears to be the same to me?

    • jon@lemdro.id
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      1 year ago

      They’re “brakes” and it’s “braking”. Yes, I know the previous commenter got it wrong as well.

      The usual problem with slamming on the brakes is that it causes the wheels to lock up and slide instead of slowing the vehicle down.

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        1 year ago

        Thanks, second language. Wheels locking up shouldn’t be an issue with modern cars equipped with an ABS, right?

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          1 year ago

          NP. Yes ABS is designed to avoid exactly that issue, essentially by implementing in a mechanical way what drivers used to do manually - pumping the brakes etc.