Comment on YSK: it's not just Tesla, 1/3 of cars in built in the last ten years have passenger/rear windows that are almost impossible to break in an emergency.

• AA5B@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Have you tried one pedal driving?

  • I found it very easy to get used to the concept - it’s similar to taking your foot off the gas to coast up to a light but greatly exaggerated
  • the hard part was driving smoothly, just what I was afraid of. Take your foot off the accelerator a couple hundred feet back expecting to coast to the light and come to an abrupt stop. Oops.
  • it took some practice for me to drive smoothly with it, but also exploring the relevant config options. I do best with “creep”: mimicking automatics at very low speed but one ideal driving at all other times

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  • juliebean@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    honestly, i can barely tolerate two pedal driving, but the thought of just removing the ability to actively brake in an emergency seems profoundly short sighted and dangerous.

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    • AA5B@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It doesn’t do that. I don’t think there is any vehicle that actually has only one pedal. There’s still a brake you can use any time.

      One pedal driving simply means the accelerator also slows the car as you let it up, so you may only need that one pedal on a lot of driving. This also means that standard brake pads and calipers can last much longer, since they don’t need to be used as often

      This is popular in electric vehicles because regenerative braking makes it convenient.

      • As you speed up, the battery feeds power to the motor to accelerate.
      • As you slow down the motor drags on your forward motion, generating electricity to feed back into the battery

      While you could have the brake pedal do both, now you’d be adding complexity to the braking system, making it less reliable

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