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by jont-
Fri Mar 08, 2024 11:41 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: These shoes are made for walking
Replies: 17
Views: 409

Re: These shoes are made for walking

Not really. I've used Merell barefoot shoes for a while, and discovered their trail shoes add a useful bit of padding without really detracting from driving feel.
by jont-
Wed Mar 06, 2024 2:10 pm
Forum: Advanced Driving - Cars
Topic: https://www.drivingmasters.uk/
Replies: 16
Views: 421

Re: https://www.drivingmasters.uk/

Oooh, another new standard. "DMAP5 is the ultimate qualification for all road drivers and is the highest measure of driving competence in the UK." :lol:
by jont-
Thu Feb 08, 2024 8:41 am
Forum: In The News
Topic: I was just following the satnav...
Replies: 21
Views: 1166

Re: I was just following the satnav...

Strangely Brown wrote:Maybe they need one of these:

Ignore Stanav 1

Ignore Satnav 2

And do we think either of these work? Maybe as Horse suggests they need some electronics that instead pops up a message on the drivers satnav/phone, rather than expecting them to do something an onerous as look out the window :hit:
by jont-
Tue Feb 06, 2024 2:21 pm
Forum: In The News
Topic: I was just following the satnav...
Replies: 21
Views: 1166

Re: I was just following the satnav...

Feels a bit like a solution looking for a problem rather than telling folk to use their eyes? (and taking driving licenses away from folk who can't be bothered to do that).
by jont-
Tue Feb 06, 2024 1:24 pm
Forum: In The News
Topic: I was just following the satnav...
Replies: 21
Views: 1166

Re: I was just following the satnav...

Horse wrote:Ironically, if the full capabilities of Connected and Autonomous Vehicles are introduced, there should only be a single incident. That information would then be shared across the fleet.

Well, the fleet with compatible software, that is still eligible (or paying) for updates, yes :roll:
by jont-
Tue Feb 06, 2024 12:23 pm
Forum: In The News
Topic: I was just following the satnav...
Replies: 21
Views: 1166

I was just following the satnav...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmmgvnnjgq9o How is that an acceptable response? If it told you to drive over a cliff, would you? (I know that one's been done too :roll: ) Rather than "writing to Apple and Google to ask them to update the maps" why aren't there questions about why driv...
by jont-
Mon Jan 29, 2024 12:58 pm
Forum: In The News
Topic: America, land of the...
Replies: 14
Views: 963

Re: America, land of the...

If it could be implemented in a satisfactory way then it could mean that traffic calming measures, such as humps, cushions, and raised tables could be removed. They are a bad solution to controlling speeding because they cannot usually be traversed at the posted limit without discomfort. Worse than...
by jont-
Mon Jan 29, 2024 10:04 am
Forum: In The News
Topic: America, land of the...
Replies: 14
Views: 963

America, land of the...

... mandated speed limiter (at least in CA). https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a46554218/new-car-regulated-speed-limit-california-bill/ I guess it will be a variation on the European ISA rules (a misnomer if ever there was one) so most of the technology already exists, just the same problem of accur...
by jont-
Thu Jan 04, 2024 5:24 pm
Forum: In The News
Topic: Tree accident
Replies: 3
Views: 6365

Tree accident

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-67885644 "The force has referred itself to the police watchdog as it had received a report about the fallen tree about 90 minutes before the crash." So why is there anything to refer? Isn't this simply a driving too fast to be able to stop ...
by jont-
Fri Dec 15, 2023 6:59 am
Forum: In The News
Topic: ADAS testing
Replies: 23
Views: 85838

Re: ADAS testing

And customers obviously won't want to be told they're not driving well I’m not sure I agree, when the customer is an average modern driver. Many, maybe most, of the people I know socially, or as relatives, seem to have no interest whatsoever in whether they are “driving well”. Particularly among ne...

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