ExLisper@linux.community to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 10 months agoWhat's the closest you have ever been to actually dying?message-squaremessage-square126fedilinkarrow-up1113arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1106arrow-down1message-squareWhat's the closest you have ever been to actually dying?ExLisper@linux.community to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square126fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarejon@lemdro.idlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoThey’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.
minus-squarethonofpy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 months agoThanks, second language. Wheels locking up shouldn’t be an issue with modern cars equipped with an ABS, right?
minus-squarejon@lemdro.idlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 months agoNP. 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.
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.
Thanks, second language. Wheels locking up shouldn’t be an issue with modern cars equipped with an ABS, right?
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.