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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Not a car guy, so my first response would have been “jam it into park”.
But yes, using the parking brake would seem to be the best solution.
I am curious, though, about electric vehicles.
Driving an electric forklift, operators are instructed to utilize what is known as “plugging” for emergency stopping. “Plugging” is simply switching the transmission from “forward” to “reverse” while not letting up on the throttle. The electric motor brakes the forklift and, eventually, begins to reverse it back the way it came.
I am curious if “plugging” is a possibility in electric vehicles.
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