Not all cars require you to press the brakes to start.
Comment on He Blew the Whistle on DOGE. Then His Brakes Were Cut
solidheron@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
You’d think someone would recognize their brakes were tampered with when they press it to start a car or get out of the driveway
drcobaltjedi@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
partofthevoice@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
If you park on the street, and it’s level, might not notice until you’re up the street a bit.
solidheron@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Lol now I’m imagining someone cutting the break on an incline and the person trying to pull onto the road starts falling backwards
deliriousdreams@fedia.io 2 weeks ago
I mean. Maybe. But in all actuality that doesn't happen on automatic cars because of the way automatic transmissions are built. Parking pawl holds the transmission while it's parked. Then the valve body system and the torque converter work together to keep the car moving in the direction it's geared in. So in drive you'd be geared to move forward and so on.
moncharleskey@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
That depends. On most modern vehicles, the front brakes do the majority of braking. Cut the rear brake line and you may get several presses at what feels like adequate pressure, but when the master cylinder runs dry and sucks in air past the piston, no more brakes. Who knows without being there, but it’s definitely possible, especially for someone that doesn’t drive often or doesn’t notice a pedal feeling slight off. I have had people come in and hand me a brake pad that fround so thin it slipped out of the bracket. People can be oblivious sometimes.
solidheron@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Yeah that’s definitely true, people walk around like they don’t understand where they are.
I guess you’d really have to press the break to feel pressure drop