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Comment by LoganDark

3 hours ago

How the actual fuck do you coincidentally end up with failing brakes right after a controversial social media post? The braking system is designed to be one of the most resilient systems in a vehicle. A coincident like that sounds a cosmic ray bitflip level of rare.

Among crashes where a "vehicle defect" is identified as the critical reason for a crash, brake problems account for 22% of them. It is a normal failure.

  • Both of these things can be true. Brakes can be the most resilient component in a car, but since they are so important, failure usually guarantees a crash.

    • It's nuanced. The brake system has several failure modes. Dual reservoir master cylinders would result in only half of the system to fail. You would absolutely be able to stop a car using only front or only rear brakes under normal conditions.

It's painful to say it, but it's more likely that it's a false flag attack than a random fraying.

And now let's talk about the epidemic of cancer in the Trump administration....