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> Drivers hit the wrong pedal all the time when they get surprised. Article says rear wheels were locked up, which implies heavy brake pressure. Why the front
by jjav 2y ago
> Drivers hit the wrong pedal all the time when they get surprised.
Article says rear wheels were locked up, which implies heavy brake pressure.
Why the fronts weren't also locked up is an open question, but in any properly engineered car that should be impossible. The front brakes are always larger and more powerful, so if enough braking force is being applied to lock the rears, the front wheels should also.
- ajross 2y agoArticle's source is two tweets. Let's maybe consult Occam before diving too far down the conspiracy hole. Confirmed Priors are a hell of a drug, as it were. The point being that there is a extremely simple explanation for this accident that people are willfully ignoring because of the manufacturer of the vehicle.
- jjav 2y ago> The point being that there is a extremely simple explanation for this accident Can you share that extremely simple explanation, if you know it?
- ajross 2y agoI just did. The tweeter is a two-pedal driver who leaned on the accelerator by accident, didn't realize it, and stomped on the brakes to stop the car. Then fibbed about it a little on Twitter for clicks. Why do you believe this one twitter user over me? Because one confirms your priors and the other doesn't.
- jjav 2y ago> The tweeter is a two-pedal driver who leaned on the accelerator by accident, didn't realize it, That could be. > and stomped on the brakes to stop the car So, why didn't the car stop? Why did it keep driving forward with only one axle locked up by the brakes? > Why do you believe this one twitter user over me? Well because he was there and you were not.
- ajross 2y ago> Why did it keep driving forward with only one axle locked up by the brakes? Again, you're citing facts not really in evidence. If you want to believe a two-tweet conspiracy without confirmation, I can't stop you. I'm saying that it's probably not the truth and that a routine loss of control is a better explanation.