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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I witnessed a post office truck shift into reverse to try and stop. His brakes were still working but he was going to rear end a vehicle so shifted in an attempt to stop faster. His transmission and differential exploded. The wheels and axle stayed on the ground and the rear end of the box launched about 8 feet high. He still hit the vehicle in front of him. My dad was a mechanic for the post office and came home laughing and telling me about the damage to the truck.
My first car was an ’84 Kcar and one night I hit the brakes but wasn’t stopping so I slammed it into park at about 30kph. We stopped very violently and quickly, my passenger wasn’t wearing a seatbelt and ate the dash lol. It didn’t do any damage to the car.
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