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[–] 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Pumping the brakes is a relic from drum brakes and over heating.

On consumer cars, even those from the 70s on drums, this was solved a long time ago.

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  • [–] 16 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    No it's not. It's a relic of pre-ABS cars where pumping the brakes in slippery conditions would be more effective then constant hard braking.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago

    It's both.

    On old drum brakes, if you're going downhill, they would advise 2 seconds of braking, 2 seconds of rolling, if engine braking wasn't enough (which it usually wasn't on cars that old and huge).

    But yeah, that WAS fixed over 50 years ago, and you'd have to find someone who specifically hasn't changed the brakes to something non-suicidal.

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