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Feds Want to Drop Requirement for Autonomous Cars to Have a Brake Pedal (www.nhtsa.gov)
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[–] atrielienz@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

The brake lever is a parking brake. It's usually (in older cars that don't have an electronic park brake) a cable actuation of the brake meant to keep your car from rolling away if the parking pawl fails. It's not the same as the hydraulic braking you'd do with a pedal (and what you'd want in the event of an emergency braking situation). Getting rid of it is beyond foolish.