begin quoting Steve M Bibayoff as of Wed, Oct 01, 2008 at 11:32:42AM -0700: > Hello, > > On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 11:29 AM, Andrew Lentvorski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Really? On the cars I've worked on (admittedly older), I seem to remember > > that the emergency break would engage much more strongly on the rear wheels > > than the front ones. > > > > That's hardly a recipe for for flipping around backwards. > > You have obviously never used the "emergency break" why going down the > road > 50 mph (or if you have, been very, very lucky).
I've used emergency brakes (lever, not pedal) at highways speeds several times. You don't HAVE to lock up the rear wheels, y'know. -- Haven't had a set of tires I hated enough to practice drift-turns. Stewart Stremler -- KPLUG-LPSG@kernel-panic.org http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-lpsg
