I’m mostly thinking about a scenario where you are going down a highway (say, at 120kmh for the sake of the example) and suddenly your brakes fail
could shifting to Reverse function as a brake in that situation?
edit: thank you all for the answers, I want to note that I myself don’t drive and did not consider doing this, I was just wondering if this was possible
have a lovely day o/
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Can confirm that the engine braking described by others here works. My brakes once failed me just as I was about to turn on to the highway entry ramp. So I wasn’t doing 120 km/h, more like 50, but still. Needless to say, I did not turn on to the entry ramp. I continued straight ahead, kept my foot off the gas, shifted down through successive gears (manual transmission), and finally turned into a deserted side road where I let the car come to a halt. I did not use the emergency brake until the very end because I assumed it would cause me to skid.
Anyway, nothing bad happened.
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