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by svrtknst 1038 days ago
I dont think it should be "instead". Suggesting that emergency brakes are inadequate due to one passenger failing to locate one is kinda cheap.

We could also easily construe your argument as "engineers would never design a flaw", which is demonstrably untrue. We should both work to minimize errors, and to provide a variety of corrective measures in case they happen.

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> Suggesting that emergency brakes are inadequate due to one passenger failing to locate one is kinda cheap.

That’s not what I wanted to say at all - the op talked about the willingness to pull the emergency brake, but my understanding is that he was willing to but due to human error failed to find it. I didn’t mean to suggest in any way that emergency brakes are not important.

> We could also easily construe your argument as "engineers would never design a flaw"

Another thing I didn’t say. The whole original link is proof that engineers make mistakes all the time.