I WAS TRAVELING DOWN A ROAD AT 20 MPH AND WENT TO APPLY MY BRAKES AS WE WERE APPROACHING A RED LIGHT. THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT RIGHT TO THE FLOOR WITHOUT WARNING AND I WAS INVOLVED IN A 4 CAR ACCIDENT CAUSED BY A TOTAL BRAKE SYSTEM FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE GARAGE AND A MAJORITY OF THE BRAKE LINES HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO RUSTING. THE BRAKE LINES RUSTED AT THE INTERSECTION TO THE BRAKE MODULE MID VEHICLE SO WHEN THE FRONT LINES FAILED, THE PRESSURE BOOST TO THE REAR LINES CAUSED THEM TO ALSO FAIL. SO THE CONCEPT OF DUAL BRAKE SYSTEMS WAS DEFEATED DUE TO A SINGLE POINT FAILURE PROBLEM. ALSO, THE BRAKE FLUID SATURATED THE REAR BRAKE ROTORS SO THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS NON FUNCTIONAL. THE VEHICLE WAS A 2000 SILVERADO WHICH WAS A $35000 VEHICLE WHERE THE BRAKE LINES LASTED 7 YEARS. I ALSO OWN A 1987 S-10 PICKUP USED IN THE SAME ENVIRONMENT AND THE BRAKE LINES DO NOT EXHIBIT THE CORROSION SEEN ON MY SILVERADO BRAKE LINES. OBVIOUSLY GM USED SUBSTANDARD BRAKE LINES IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE 2000 SILVERADO. I OWN TWO VEHICLES MADE BY THE SAME COMPANY AND USED IN THE SAME ENVIRONMENT. THEREFORE, IT IS NOT AN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE THAT CAUSES THE BRAKE LINE FAILURE. THE OFFICIAL COMMENT FROM GM THAT RUSTED BRAKE LINES ARE NOT A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE THE VEHICLE CAN BE STOPPED WITH A DUAL BRAKING SYSTEM IS INCORRECT BECAUSE WHEN THE RUSTED BRAKE LINES FAIL, BOTH BRAKING SYSTEMS FAIL AND THE VEHICLE CANNOT BE STOPPED SAFELY. *TR