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Originally Posted by m21sniper View Post
It's true that physics work against big rigs, but newer and better braking technology could easily be built into them.
No, it couldn't. The brakes work fine - it's that pesky little matter of the maximum frictional forces between the tires and the road that comes back to haunt them...

Using your logic, trains could stop as quickly as a Miata if you simply spent more money on the brakes...
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