In case of brake failure, why isn’t going resverse and gassing correct solution?
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This would be analogous to you sprinting at full speed forwards, then immediately running backwards. Not slowing down, just running backwards immediately.
You couldn’t physically do it because you just can’t reverse that quickly.
You could also compare a bit to putting a treadmill on full speed then just jumpinh on and sprinting from the start. This is a bit easier to be fair as you’re not quite going backwards, but it’s the same idea of accelerating very quickly.
When you put the car in reverse it will immediately try to spin the wheels backwards. If they’re actually moving forwards at the time that puts an immense strain on the transmission system and would probably grind it to bits.
You could gradually go down in gears, which would gradually slow it down. This would probably still do some damage but significantly less and you stand a chance of not destroying the transmission system.
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