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[–] 38 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I could have really used an arrow to guide me where to look

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  • [–] 11 points 1 month ago (3 children)
  • [–] 22 points 1 month ago

    Yup. Thems the brakes.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

    They spotted a significant gap in the market!

    Not everyone can afford brakes that slow them down

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  • [–] 8 points 1 month ago (8 children)

    My mom never learned about ABS to the point I refused to let her drive me anywhere. Fucking boomers.

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  • [–] 24 points 1 month ago (7 children)

    What's there to learn about ABS? It works even if you're completely ignorant about it. Most safety features do

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  • [–] 18 points 1 month ago (6 children)

    She would pump the brakes, aggressively. Made me nearly vomit several times. Like even if there was no ABS she was a terrible braker.

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  • [–] 18 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    That sounds more like bad driving but not related to abs at all. Abs actually kicks in when hard breaking so that should be fine. I am assuming shes one of those who doesn't slow down on traffic stop and just stands on brake close to the line or panics and hits the brake hard when theres a lot of space in front.

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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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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago

    Are you saying there's no stopping your brakes?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago
    [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    The oxymoron is a part of the advertisement. Ragebait/typo engagement.

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