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Re:Preliminary NTSB report on Tesla crash by Mao_Zedang on Tuesday July 26, 2016 @05:34PM (#12168886)
The only analog I can think of is if you suddenly lost all your brake fluid, and in that instance the breaks would be useless.
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Re:Preliminary NTSB report on Tesla crash by semi-extrinsic on Tuesday July 26, 2016 @06:07PM (#12169081)
But all cars made after 1980 have dual circuit hydraulic brake systems, so you would need a sudden leak in two separate pipes simultaneously.
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Re:Preliminary NTSB report on Tesla crash by Mao_Zedang on Wednesday July 27, 2016 @08:02PM (#12177447)
Redundancy != Fail safe
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