Submitted 3 weeks ago by Tim_Bisley@piefed.social to workreform@lemmy.world
https://www.wired.com/story/he-blew-the-whistle-on-doge-then-his-brakes-were-cut/
A federal IT staffer filed a complaint about DOGE, then went public. Shortly after Elon Musk boosted a post calling his claims false, his brake lines were cut. Now he’s suing for defamation.
is there an equivalent to engine braking with an electric vehicle?
Yes, regenerative braking
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
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.
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
Not all cars require you to press the brakes to start.
If you park on the street, and it’s level, might not notice until you’re up the street a bit.
Lol now I’m imagining someone cutting the break on an incline and the person trying to pull onto the road starts falling backwards
Don’t whistle and drive folks
Glad I ride a bike, if you cut the brake lines you would make a mess that is kinda obvious with the brake fluid going everywhere. Plus I would notice the brakes don’t work before even getting on it.
Yeah, you’ll definitely be safer if you ever, uh, work for the government file a whistleblower complaint. Another point to bikes!
Jokes aside, it’d be way easier to kill you on a bike and they could make it look like an accident. Plus it’s not like those are the only 2 options.
You don’t even need to make it look like an accident. You can murder a cyclist by hitting them with your car and get just like six months in prison.
Better not anger the king.
Hasherm0n@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Buried a little in the article, this was a bit more than just “… breaks cut”
Drusas@fedia.io 3 weeks ago
Professional job.
NekoKoneko@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Ah. They found fingerprints but lack any identifying evidence linked to a single suspect. Guess they gotta close the case!
NihilsineNefas@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
Fingerprints popped up on their system as “BLACK BOOK DO NOT INVESTIGATE”
Armok_the_bunny@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Ah, so it was a pretty blatant assassination attempt, not just harrassment.
Comrade_Squid@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
How is this not mainstream news?