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Many car drivers forget a basic concept of physics named inertia, which is the reason why heavy vehicles (ex. trucks) take ___too long___ to brake. Emphasis in
by Aldo_MX 11y ago
Many car drivers forget a basic concept of physics named inertia, which is the reason why heavy vehicles (ex. trucks) take ___too long___ to brake.
Emphasis in too long, because this is the reason why road signs announce dangerous sections of a road with even miles in advance.
- toomuchtodo 11y agoWhenever I'm hauling >10K lbs with my pickup truck, I get most nervous going downhill through mountains. The only thing between me and hitting something are a thin set of brake pads on all four disc brakes and the extremely limited compression braking on a ~6L engine.