Explorer cruise control jams open in Victoria

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16-12-2009, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Whitey Ford

Because at 100% throttle you have no vacuum so vacuum assisted brakes have less assistance than normal. The Lexus was at full throttle so the driver did not have vacuum assisted brakes. The Explorer was not at full throttle so he still had vacuum assisted brakes.

Maybe it had vacuum when he started to brake, but as soon as the car slows the throttle opens to counter-act, so that vacuum probably ran out pretty quickly.

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