Stimpy wrote on Sun, 4 Apr 2004 17:33:10 +0100:
David Taylor wrote:

I never said it was! Isn't it obvious that the car can never be in
control of itself? ;-)

Radar guided adaptive cruise control? Whilst it's activated, the
car has control over everything except direction and the music being
played on the stereo.

The driver still has control over the cruise control.

Hence my careful inclusion of the words "Whilst it's activated" in the above
post.

Even whilst it's activated, the driver has control over the cruise
control -- they can turn it off. Unless it malfunctions...

--
David Taylor

"The future just ain't what it used to be."

David Taylor ) gurgled happily, sounding much
like they were saying :

Radar guided adaptive cruise control? Whilst it's activated, the
car has control over everything except direction and the music
being played on the stereo.

The driver still has control over the cruise control.

Hence my careful inclusion of the words "Whilst it's activated" in
the above post.

Even whilst it's activated, the driver has control over the cruise
control -- they can turn it off. Unless it malfunctions...

In the unlikely event of major CC malfunction, the driver can always turn
it off.

Even if, due to some major brain-fart on the designer or installer's part,
there's no way to just cut power to the CC unit, the driver can just knock
the car into neutral.

Adrian wrote on 8 Apr 2004 08:46:36 GMT:
David Taylor ) gurgled happily, sounding much
like they were saying :

Even whilst it's activated, the driver has control over the cruise
control -- they can turn it off. Unless it malfunctions...

In the unlikely event of major CC malfunction, the driver can always turn
it off.

Even if, due to some major brain-fart on the designer or installer's part,
there's no way to just cut power to the CC unit, the driver can just knock
the car into neutral.

Hmm, you obviously haven't seen "Runaway Car".

At least, I think that's the title of it. I mostly erradicated it from
my memory, it was that bad. It's about a bunch of people who are in a
car, which somehow can't be stopped. Mysteriously, the brakes fail, the
transmission gets stuck, the key snaps in the lock, and the acellerator
is stuck fully open...

I would highly recommend never watching it, ever. (Except for comedy
value)

--
David Taylor

"The future just ain't what it used to be."