Comment on They won't teach you this in Drivers Ed

• grue@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Sorry, my tone was unintended: the part I meant to emphasize is that your brakes should be powerful enough to overpower the engine, even if it is stuck at full throttle. If they can’t, something is wrong with your brakes.

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  • H4mi@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    In most cars, the accelerator is easier to press down fully than the brake pedal. Apply the same force required to floor it to the brake pedal (or even double) and the car will go.

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    • grue@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      You’re not incorrect, but that’s the wrong comparison to make. If the car is accelerating out of control and you’re trying to stop it, you’re not going to press the brake as hard as you would the accelerator; you’re going to press the brake as hard as you can (which, unless you’re old and frail, is a lot harder).

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  • dingus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Ah you’re good. For whatever reason my weird brain was taking it to imply that the brakes may not necessarily be able to do that and was like wtf that seems dangerous.

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• SuperIce@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  All cars from 2012 and newer actually have a brake-throttle override that cuts the accelerator signal if the brakes are being pressed due to the 2009 incidents with Toyota cars that had their accelerator pedals get stuck in floor mats.

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