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Originally Posted by happybeebob
My dad in my much younger days mentioned that when the vehicles of his time met on a one lane hill road the ones that were headed down would back up because they were the ones that had much more control. Gearing.
Bob
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This is required by motor vehicle code code in some states.
Besides gearing, drum brakes perform poorly in reverse, so relying on drum brakes backing down a hill in non-optimum.