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Re:How America lost its love for the stick shift by UncleEntity on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @06:33PM (#17963993)
Yep, one of my favorite ways to mess with tailgaters was to drop a gear or two and drop the clutch. *of course not recommending anyone ever do this since it's dangerous as hell.
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Re:How America lost its love for the stick shift by jacquesm on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @07:09PM (#17964229)
Idea: have the brakes come on when the car decelerates independent of whether or not the brakes are engaged. Simple a sensor that detects deceleration in excess of 'X' Gs will enable the brake lights.
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Re:How America lost its love for the stick shift by bacon_waffle on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @10:35PM (#17965185)
These exist, for example:

https://gearbrake.com/collections/shop/products/gearbrake-sm...

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Re:How America lost its love for the stick shift by lagadu on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @07:23AM (#17967359)
Some electrics do that because the regeneration system makes them lose a lot of speed quickly so they automatically turn them on.
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