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Large trucks use the engine for braking when stopping distance is the issue.

As for handsignals and such....a better way has evoloved. One that does not require distraction on the part of the driver, those being automatic lights. This came about partly because of increased traffic and the need to remove unneeded tasks to perform.

You may call it a removal of intent but then you are just being obtuse about it. Signaling with a hand gesture is the same intent as signaling with a blinker. Simply a different tool used to do so.

Your last paragraph hold some merit. Seat belts aplly to what you said just the same. That was my solution to much of the opposition now wasn't it? Engineer the use of seat belts for operation just as the brakes are.

One could even argue that a seat belt is about stoppng distance also. In relation to your seat and the windsheild that is.

First off Jacobs brakes were not the normal thing until the late 70s. They were an option until I quit the road in 83. They in no way, at that time, effected the federal DOT stopping distance requirement of the vehicle. So play a different game. Jacons brakes reverse the compression stroke of the engine creating a negative force and the stopping ability is directly proportional to the engine displacement.

Now this one you really reach into the ozone for:

One could even argue that a seat belt is about stoppng distance also. In relation to your seat and the windsheild that is.

WOW... (Que the laugh track)