mikeymk
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'85 Polo Coupe S 1.6 16v
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Experience equals competence - if someone is driven by an automated car all the time, will they be competent if ever they have to drive manually? That is, so long as they haven't been killed by the failure.. Seems nothing more than an extension on current driver aids to me, which i believe are making motorists less able to live without them.
The safest vehicle in my opinion, is one driven and entirely controlled by a competent human being who is focusing on the job in hand.
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In big, modern aeroplanes the mechnical link was removed a decade ago. 747-400, most of the Airbus models, not sure, but I'm guessing the Russian a/c have gone the same way too. In modern military aircraft (Saab Gripen, Eurofighter) the aircraft is aerodynamically unstable to achieve the dynamic handling. The pilot just could not fly it if there wasn't fly-by-wire and a computer betweeb the pilot and the control surfaces. Iirc all these a/c have triple redundancy. I believe in some cases they even have different teams writing the software for the different computers to avoid 'single point failure' modes. On the other hand, wasn't the Lexus recall a few years ago (throttle controller) a problem with f-b-w system? I guess it is the difference between paying £30k and £30M!! The fighter jet's also have ejector seats and parachutes lol
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tome30
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Experience equals competence - if someone is driven by an automated car all the time, will they be competent if ever they have to drive manually? That is, so long as they haven't been killed by the failure.. Seems nothing more than an extension on current driver aids to me, which I believe are making motorists less able to live without them. The safest vehicle in my opinion, is one driven and entirely controlled by a competent human being who is focusing on the job in hand. Well said.
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MWF
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The safest vehicle in my opinion, is one driven and entirely controlled by a competent human being who is focusing on the job in hand. It doesn't matter how competent someone is, human beings make mistakes and are limited in how fast they can react. The biggest danger has always been arrogance, and sadly that will always continue to hold back safety in all areas of life.
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