>     [cutoffs involving tying into the brake lines.]
>
>     The idea is OK, sounds like somebody(s) bodged the job
>
> No, the idea sucks.  If you're going to mess with a safety-critical
> subsystem in a system that regularly operates at easilly fatal energy
> levels, all in the name of security, then security better be safety-
> critical as well.  I don't think preventing a stole car qualifies.
Perhaps
> if we were talking about an armed tank :-)
>
> BillW

My comment was directed at the standard of workmanship rather
than the application. However, an analogy in the same application
would be designing a brake pedal that doesn't work or fails. Faults
affecting safety are not unknown in the auto industry (Pinto, tyres,
rollovers)

I'm sure you can design a fail-safe system for the brakes. Whether
you'd want to though.......

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A friend told me he put a BIG padlock and chain around the steering
wheel/brake pedal of his commercial truck after hearing how easy it
was to remove The Club

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