SJS wrote: > begin quoting Steve M Bibayoff as of Wed, Oct 01, 2008 at 11:32:42AM -0700: > >> Hello, >> >> On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 11:29 AM, Andrew Lentvorski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >>> Really? On the cars I've worked on (admittedly older), I seem to remember >>> that the emergency break would engage much more strongly on the rear wheels >>> than the front ones. >>> >>> That's hardly a recipe for for flipping around backwards. >>> >> You have obviously never used the "emergency break" why going down the >> road > 50 mph (or if you have, been very, very lucky). >> > > I've used emergency brakes (lever, not pedal) at highways speeds several > times. You don't HAVE to lock up the rear wheels, y'know. >
You don't have to, no, but it's very easy to do in a light vehicle, or a vehicle with a light back end. Using the manual brake also has the added danger that it doesn't light up your brake lights, increasing the risk of rear end collision (or front end collision if it flips you around). I didn't have to use it the hand lever, but (always with no one around) did a few times anyway, just to get a feel for it. The first time I did it, my hand slipped off. I was only going about 25 or so, but it did flip me around. Subsequently, I was more careful. Overall, I wouldn't recommend it unless you need it. -- Similar to how a 3D being is not restrained by barriers in Flatland, and remains invisible to Flatlanders while observing them (even their insides) from outside the limitations of their 2 dimensions, God can view us (through and through) from a place completely invisible and inaccessible by us, and likewise can reach in and affect us without us being able to determine how it was done or what did it, if He so chooses. He has access to all the dimensions, even the ones we haven't even imagined. -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-lpsg
