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wolrah posted:
I remember when this first happened trying it in my Miata, and being amazed that no one ever mentions that to anyone else.
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xzzy posted:This is why we shouldn't call it an emergency brake: Also why I'm glad I have a foot-operated e-brake versus the pull handle. I'd love to see the aftermath of this dude and his now presumably ex girlfriend, that's a ballsy move to pull the e-brake at freeway speeds.
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Krakkles posted:Close. You're right about the input issue, but the reason it caused a crash is that the brake booster was not capable of boosting after the first brake effort - at WOT, there's no vacuum to recharge it. So they didn't overheat, but they provided a small portion of the effort that they normally would have because they were effectively unpowered. BOOTY-ADE posted:Also why I'm glad I have a foot-operated e-brake versus the pull handle. I'd love to see the aftermath of this dude and his now presumably ex girlfriend, that's a ballsy move to pull the e-brake at freeway speeds.
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Jul 5, 2016 22:10
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wolrah posted:My '03 Ranger had a foot-operated parking brake and a manual transmission. The pedal spacing would have made it hard to have a problem, but I could see someone panicing with their foot in the "dead pedal" area and hitting the wrong one. Could do what they did in the 80s/90s where the parking brake was tucked up close to the dash and you had to lift your knee up to the middle of the steering wheel to get your toes on it.  And then the release was a pull you had to tug with your hand.
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That's how my MJs are and it's the most obnoxious thing. Give me a handbrake any day please. Also they are known for having the ratchet mechanism fail and randomly releasing and only came on MJs so they're impossible to find a replacement for. gently caress that. If mine fails again I'll put an XJ one in and forget about it.
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Jul 5, 2016 22:21
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xzzy posted:Could do what they did in the 80s/90s where the parking brake was tucked up close to the dash and you had to lift your knee up to the middle of the steering wheel to get your toes on it. And then it's adjusted badly and breaks your knuckles.
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Jul 5, 2016 23:15
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You're supposed to have your foot on it to let it up slowly 
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Jul 5, 2016 23:16
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Not when I have to knee the windshield, Cadillac 
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Any time a RV with a trailer is near me on the road I get paranoid about stuff like this happening. A few years back I saw a motorcycle trailer let go, but it went off into the woods instead of into traffic. Industrial-sized grill smashes into car, killing teen Witnesses told investigators the grill, described as being similar to "a pig cooker" by Macedon Police Chief John Colella, began swaying back and forth before it broke loose from the RV and soared into oncoming traffic, smashing into the car carrying Jones and Krebbeks, TWC News reported. The grill became unstable after the camper hit a pair of bumps, Colella told WHAM. https://twitter.com/13WHAM/status/749682875411341313?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
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Jul 6, 2016 04:30
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Banish all RVs from the road, IMO.
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Jul 6, 2016 05:17
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It genuinely horrifies me that just anyone can buy a 40 foot RV and drive it home with no additional testing or training whatsoever.
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Jul 6, 2016 05:45
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Emergency brake update: Not a girlfriend, just a drunk.
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Javid posted:It genuinely horrifies me that just anyone can buy a 40 foot RV and drive it home with no additional testing or training whatsoever. Based on the article this was basically a homemade trailer that failed. The fact that any yahoo can weld something up and drag it behind a vehicle doing 60mph without any sort of inspection process is pretty scary. The tongue was apparently still attached to the truck. The safety chains (which I'm shocked were used) also failed.
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nm posted:Based on the article this was basically a homemade trailer that failed. Don't trailers have to be licensed? How did that get a license?
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PT6A posted:Don't trailers have to be licensed? How did that get a license?
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PT6A posted:Don't trailers have to be licensed? How did that get a license? You generally just go to a DMV inspection station and get it signed off on.
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Reddit had fun with that one yesterday. http://i.imgur.com/I0HRK44.gifv
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Jul 6, 2016 20:34
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The back wheels on the car are locking up. Maybe he was trying to drift it? Either way the handbrake was the cause. Plus Beer, that helps.
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I know if you hit the limiter on a downshift you can chirp the tires pretty good, but it doesn't actually stop them from spinning does it? It's the only other option I can think of for locking the rears and intuitively I would think the wheels still spin (just not fast enough for vehicle speed) but I've never actually seen it done from outside the car.
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xzzy posted:I know if you hit the limiter on a downshift you can chirp the tires pretty good, but it doesn't actually stop them from spinning does it? You can definitely spin a car on ice if you lock 'em while loving up a shift, but it's more of a chassis shock than anything else. Not sure if a moneyshift could do that, and I'd also guess that car (whatever it is, it's kinda blurry, Jetta?) is FWD.
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Jul 7, 2016 04:52
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Would putting it in park do that or just grenade something in the drive train?
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Jul 7, 2016 04:52
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I honestly don't know if park on an automatic engages at speed. I had always thought it did, but on one episode of the mythbusters, Tory tried to stop an auto doing exactly that and it just rolled along in neutral.
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I doubt it will. Once upon a time when I was younger and dumber, I accidentally engaged Reverse at speed. Didn't seem to have any ill effect, I assume the computer put it in Neutral. e: On-topic, I heard it said somewhere that the girlfriend pulled the handbrake to try and stop her significant other from racing, or something like that. e2: I really need to learn to read up sometime. solarNativity fucked around with this message at 05:38 on Jul 7, 2016 |
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Jul 7, 2016 05:35
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N is for Nipples posted:I doubt it will. Once upon a time when I was younger and dumber, I accidentally engaged Reverse at speed. Didn't seem to have any ill effect, I assume the computer put it in Neutral. I did the same thing once many years ago when I was a teenager. I was driving a 1984 prelude way too fast on the highway and the engine died. I tried to restart it but it was in drive, I figured I could throw it into neutral and restart the engine but stupid me threw it directly into park (past reverse). It made a god awful noise but it didn't slow down or lock up the wheels. I yanked it back into neutral and was able to restart the car all while coasting at highway speeds.
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The park pawl will usually bounce off the slots in the output shaft/drum and just make a noise like a paper shredder trying to eat barbed wire if you're going like >10mph, maybe slower or faster on some cars. Under that it'll either manage to drop into a slot and get ripped off, or do other serious drivetrain damage. Also, yeah, on a FWD car, the only way you're locking the rear brakes up is with the brake pedal or e-brake. Probably the e-brake unless there's a hydraulic leak or all 4 lock up.
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kastein posted:The park pawl will usually bounce off the slots in the output shaft/drum and just make a noise like a paper shredder trying to eat barbed wire if you're going like >10mph, maybe slower or faster on some cars. Under that it'll either manage to drop into a slot and get ripped off, or do other serious drivetrain damage. What loser keeps buying you those avatars kastein
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Javid posted:It genuinely horrifies me that just anyone can buy a 40 foot RV and drive it home with no additional testing or training whatsoever. Hell, it horrifies me that people can jump from a little compact car to a giant gently caress-off SUV and don't ever do any testing/training for the differences. I honestly wish it was mandatory to retake the driving test and at least go through some basic maneuvering when someone goes from having a tiny Honda Civic to something the size of a Chevy Tahoe. Too many clueless morons that don't understand the difference in size, control, center of gravity, or other poo poo that actually matters when operating a vehicle.
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At least we're nearing a point where it won't matter anymore.. self driving cars are coming and most of us will live to see them be the dominant form of transportation (assuming we don't get killed by someone texting at highway speeds first).
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BOOTY-ADE posted:Hell, it horrifies me that people can jump from a little compact car to a giant gently caress-off SUV and don't ever do any testing/training for the differences. I honestly wish it was mandatory to retake the driving test and at least go through some basic maneuvering when someone goes from having a tiny Honda Civic to something the size of a Chevy Tahoe. Too many clueless morons that don't understand the difference in size, control, center of gravity, or other poo poo that actually matters when operating a vehicle. I learned to drive in a crew-cab 454-powered Chevy with a loose steering rack and immense tires so imagine how happy I was when I drove my first Geo Metro.
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Seat Safety Switch posted:I learned to drive in a crew-cab 454-powered Chevy with a loose steering rack and immense tires so imagine how happy I was when I drove my first Geo Metro.
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BOOTY-ADE posted:the driving test [...] difference in size, control, center of gravity, or other poo poo that actually matters when operating a vehicle. Are you implying that any of that poo poo is tested by the driver's license test? Maybe size, in that you have to sort of know where the right side of the vehicle is, but certainly not the others.
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No free candy today
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Jul 8, 2016 18:49
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FogHelmut posted:No free candy today You can get in and out before it blows.
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Ozmiander posted:You can get in and out before it blows. Before what blows? 
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Karma Monkey posted:Before what blows? 
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   Revol posted:I live in Tampa. Our Pokemon Go coverage seems pretty healthy. The small apartment complex I live in has both a Pokestop and a gym, which is cool. 
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As concerned with safety as Nintendo is, you'd think that while they're using the gps they'd interpolate how fast the user is moving and disable the app if it looks like they're in a car.
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