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Old 03-15-2010, 04:30 PM   #37 (permalink)
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Heres the problem though, the police officer noted that the brake lights were on and that he was not decelerating. Which means either the driver found the point at which he could be on both the brakes and throttle. The throttle override had been deactivated, was not working properly, or the car didn't have it installed.

Still though, 30 miles of hard on braking, even if he had lost vaccum assist would have worn the pads to nothing and ground the metal base into the rotors with very extensive damage to the brake system.
Curioser and curiouser, I hadn't heard that. Maybe Mr. Sikes turned the parking lights on to emulate brakelights.

[EDIT] - Ok, so you could emulate brakes on by not pressing too hard ...

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