• MinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.world
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    5 hours ago

    Scary? Maybe if it’s your first time doing it. It engages specific brakes in a specific way. Pull it slowly to see how it works.

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      5 hours ago

      Go pull a handbrake on a highway speed simulating an emergency situation and then report back. I’ll wait.

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        2 hours ago

        I’ve done it. With the once-upon-a-time-cars it was just a metal wire connected to the drum brakes, you could easily modulate it.

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          3 hours ago

          There are only two reasons to pull the emergency brake in a moving vehicle: either you’re messing around and making the car fishtail was the desired outcome, or your regular brakes failed and you need to stop fast instead of just coasting to a halt. In the latter case, the vast majority of people will lose control of the car immediately and it will be absolutely terrifying experience.