The brakes on my bike failed half way down the hill.

我骑自行车下山到中途刹车失灵了。

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Drivers with the better brakes tended to travel closer to the vehicle ahead; those with airbags often failed to buckle their seat-belts.

配备先进防滑系统的司机倾向于更加贴近前方的车辆；未配备安全气囊的司机通常不系安全带。

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In fact, the driver apparently ignored stop signals and failed to apply his brakes.

实际上，事故原因是司机公然无视停车信号没有及时踩刹车。

youdao

I've seen statements in the last day, I think, that the brakes failed on the truck?

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They said that the brakes failed, as the truck driver was careening down a hill, that he tried to plow the truck into a number of unoccupied vehicles to slow it down but failed to avoid traffic at a busy intersection.

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He liked to toy with unwitting guests by pretending the brakes had failed and then driving the car into a lake.

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