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Automotive research firm finds that Tesla has higher frequency of deadly accidents than any other car brand

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Do you put your foot over the brake and maybe hold some pressure on the pedal?. Just asking as I'm going to just put this out there If not your doing it wrong. As a responsible driver your foot must at least press the brake pedal to hold you still and I'll tell you why. What if you get hit from behind. Where is your foot? Over the brake or gas? Most people like 99 percent tense when hit with sudden stress. But are you going to clamp down and shoot into traffic or help everything behind you also come to a stop?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I do not put my foot on the brake when its held. It does apply the brakes when the car stops so that should take care of the being rear ended issue.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

No they don't. The hydraulic system is not used to stop you at any time unless your foot pushes that peddle. Do use your actual brakes everyonce in awhile so they don't rust into place and fail to work when you need them.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

I've had the car for 5 years, I'm familiar with how it works.

I did not say that the car uses the brakes to stop. I said that with hold mode, it applies the brakes once you are stopped. Also there is a mode to blend brakes with regen. This is used when the battery can't accept any energy via regen. Usually when the charge level is close to 100% or the battery is cold. In order to provide consistent dynamics, the car will auto use brakes to make up for low regen.

Here's the manual for hold mode.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago

Oh that the very bottom it says never rely on hold to ever anything that is literally their caveat to they are not liable to you. put your foot on the brake.