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I have a question about cars with Automatic Braking Systems....Say you're driving along and a possum runs out in front of you...Does the car slam on the brakes or does it just run right over the little bastard?
Sharps Model 1874 - "The rifle that made the west safe for Winchester"
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https://www.caranddriver.com/features/safety-features-automatic-braking-system-tested-explained
Winston Churchill
"If you get it and didn't work for it, someone else worked for it and didn't get it..."
When the passenger stomps the floor board repeatedly as if there's a brake pedal while screaming incoherent euphemisms. Then ya know the brakes need immediate application.
During one of the driver safety classes I attended for the ambulance service I worked for at the time, the instructor warned all of us paramedics, "If you hear your driver yell 'OH ****!' consider that your collision warning siren and BRACE as quickly as possible"
I do not currently have a vehicle with any of that, and I prefer to keep it that way
"If you get it and didn't work for it, someone else worked for it and didn't get it..."
"If you get it and didn't work for it, someone else worked for it and didn't get it..."
Words of wisdom from Big Chief: Flush twice, it's a long way to the Mess Hall
I'd rather have my sister work in a whorehouse than own another Taurus!
I'm definitely failable. As I age my reactions slow down and adverse conditions create greater fatigue that further deminish my ability.
I see a level of disregard beyond contempt in a regularly encountered portion of my fellow motorists. If ABS systems work, its beneficial technology. Same as seatbelts, paded dash boards, and crumple zones. If they do not work and add additional risk, than such systems should have postponed adoption until they do work.
― Douglas Adams
The world needs A LOT MORE Darwin, not less.
"Nothing is safe from stupid." - Zee
That's a hard pass from this Luddite. I'll just pay attention when I'm driving, thanks.
George Carlin
This isn't about fear of technology, it's about giving up control... or at least the illusion of control.
ETA: I don't recall anybody here clamoring for "smart" guns... in fact, quite the opposite. As I recall, the opposition to even the thought of smart guns was unanimous.
Food for thought...
George Carlin
"If you get it and didn't work for it, someone else worked for it and didn't get it..."
"If you get it and didn't work for it, someone else worked for it and didn't get it..."
"If you get it and didn't work for it, someone else worked for it and didn't get it..."
"If you get it and didn't work for it, someone else worked for it and didn't get it..."
― Douglas Adams
Bonus. The stupid computer running the car will lose it's teeny tiny electron fueled mind!
― Douglas Adams
Like that rail service all over the North East. I've not seen a passenger train in my neck of the woods since the 1960's. But I have subsidized the price of tickets for all those AmTrak and other trains with my tax $$$ all my life. Same kind of crap that caused that Late Unpleasantness that started in 1861.
― Douglas Adams