It’s not “you’re going to die now” harder.
More like “this isn’t comfortable, better pull over and see what’s wrong” harder.
More like “this isn’t comfortable, better pull over and see what’s wrong” harder.
Although I would imagine that the most common failure case is the wheel slowly getting harder to turn over a period of days or weeks.
Some cars probably have more built-in leverage. A sports car may be the worst since it will have a pretty low ratio to begin with. My Camaro might not really be drivable because it has a low ratio rack as well as 285's on the front which are going to be a great big PITA to move.