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Feds Want to Drop Requirement for Autonomous Cars to Have a Brake Pedal (www.nhtsa.gov)
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[–] 20 points 4 months ago* (2 children)

To be fair, it says brake pedal - there are other possible means of activating a brake such as an old school emergency brake lever.

The "benefit" is, of course, money saved for their own pockets.

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  • [–] 9 points 4 months ago

    The brake lever is a parking brake. It's usually (in older cars that don't have an electronic park brake) a cable actuation of the brake meant to keep your car from rolling away if the parking pawl fails. It's not the same as the hydraulic braking you'd do with a pedal (and what you'd want in the event of an emergency braking situation). Getting rid of it is beyond foolish.

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