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Originally Posted by Buzzard
Couldn't they have maybe said "ok lets save some face here", and go down half ass braking hard in the tricky spots. I mean compete, but barely. They do have brakes right? Bare in mind I obviously know nothing about bobsledding.
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Yeah, they have brakes, but they're for stopping at the end, not slowing down while you're running the course.
Aside from tearing up the course, which I'm sure would piss of every team that went after you, you have to bear in mind that the breakman is at the back of the sled, and can't see a thing, so if he were to try to brake half way down the course to slow down, he'd have no way of knowing when the corner was starting, and probably end up being the cause of an accident, instead of preventing one.
So yeah, bobsleds do have brakes, but they don't get used durring the run.
I actually ran as a brakeman for one of my friends while she was learing to drive, so it's not like I'm talking out my ass here either. Even with an inexperienced driver, you don't touch those brakes till you cross the finish line.