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A federal IT staffer filed a complaint about DOGE, then went public. Shortly after Elon Musk boosted a post calling his claims false, his brake lines were cut. Now he’s suing for defamation.

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[–] moncharleskey@lemmy.zip 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That depends. On most modern vehicles, the front brakes do the majority of braking. Cut the rear brake line and you may get several presses at what feels like adequate pressure, but when the master cylinder runs dry and sucks in air past the piston, no more brakes. Who knows without being there, but it's definitely possible, especially for someone that doesn't drive often or doesn't notice a pedal feeling slight off. I have had people come in and hand me a brake pad that fround so thin it slipped out of the bracket. People can be oblivious sometimes.

[–] solidheron@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago

Yeah that's definitely true, people walk around like they don't understand where they are.

I guess you'd really have to press the break to feel pressure drop