Brakes not applied in Prius crash
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From: Mickel on 18 Mar 2010 22:15 "Sylvia Else" <sylvia(a)not.at.this.address> wrote in message news:4ba2d4e5$0$14750$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com... >> New husband or new car? > > You mean I have to choose? Get yourself a "package deal", a new husband with a lambo. Michael
From: D Walford on 19 Mar 2010 00:40 Sekula wrote: > http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=1029332 > Seems the US has a lot more faulty drivers than faulty cars. Daryl
From: Sylvia Else on 19 Mar 2010 00:45 On 19/03/2010 11:02 AM, Sekula wrote: > http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=1029332 > While I suspect that the report is correct, I'd have to wonder about the wisdom of assuming that logs from a computerised control system accurately reflect what the driver was doing when something is alleged to have gone wrong. I suppose a Prius's brake pedals are linked directly to the brakes, but the throttle pedal presumably goes via the computer. If the input to the computer said that the pedal was fully pressed, then the computer would both act accordingly, and log the fact that the pedal was pressed. Whether or not it actually was. Sylvia.
From: hippo on 19 Mar 2010 00:48 Sylvia Else wrote: > > On 19/03/2010 11:23 AM, PaulpULVITZKA wrote: > > > > and > > not worry about thinking and driving the thing, just sit and relax. > > I'd like one of those. When will they be available? > > Sylvia. > > > > Been around for years - it's called 'public transport' -- Posted at www.usenet.com.au
From: Sylvia Else on 19 Mar 2010 01:23
On 19/03/2010 3:48 PM, hippo wrote: > Sylvia Else wrote: >> >> On 19/03/2010 11:23 AM, PaulpULVITZKA wrote: >>> >>> and >>> not worry about thinking and driving the thing, just sit and relax. >> >> I'd like one of those. When will they be available? >> >> Sylvia. >> >> >> >> > > Been around for years - it's called 'public transport' > I must have overlooked the "relax" aspect. Sylvia. |