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by jont-
Tue May 30, 2023 4:48 pm
Forum: Technology
Topic: Driving with DSG
Replies: 29
Views: 14496

Re: Driving with DSG

Horse wrote:Any hints, tips, thoughts on using it? :confused:

Take the opportunity to learn to left foot brake? :racing:
by jont-
Tue May 30, 2023 6:35 am
Forum: Technology
Topic: Driving with DSG
Replies: 29
Views: 14496

Re: Driving with DSG

Avoid letting it creep against the brake (either be moving fast enough to be feet off, or be stopped). Otherwise have a play. In "Drive" it's likely to hunt very high gears very quickly. Sport might be better for progressive driving. All depends how the mapping has been done. I have two au...
by jont-
Fri Apr 14, 2023 12:45 pm
Forum: In The News
Topic: Ford Motor Company "hands Free system"
Replies: 9
Views: 4143

Re: Ford Motor Company "hands Free system"

hir wrote:However, as far as Ford is concerned it seems to me that this is yet another example of the car manufacturers using everyone on the road as Guinea pigs in their quest to achieve fully autonomous vehicles.

/efa, since it's not just the punters in the Ford car who will be affected if it goes wrong.
by jont-
Fri Apr 14, 2023 6:47 am
Forum: In The News
Topic: Ford Motor Company "hands Free system"
Replies: 9
Views: 4143

Re: Ford Motor Company "hands Free system"

Why are we even allowing this? It flies in the face of all the human factors research that says humans are terrible at monitoring things that /mostly/ don't need their attention :roll: :hit: I'm not even sure what benefits it offers if you have to pay a meaningful amount of attention. Is keeping you...
by jont-
Sun Apr 09, 2023 11:34 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Dissertation survey
Replies: 95
Views: 209039

Re: Dissertation survey

Don't tell me if you can autopark a car, you can't tell the driver they aren't overtaking and need to move left :roll: Probably prevented by limitations imposed by sensor range. Radar cruise control? A few seconds ahead in the same lane. Moving left? Probably requires awareness of traffic 12-14 sec...
by jont-
Sun Apr 09, 2023 8:40 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Dissertation survey
Replies: 95
Views: 209039

Re: Dissertation survey

Well, legitimising passing either side would free things up, but if folk are so inattentive they can't even be bothered to move left when there's a lane free, I'd much rather have them off the roads altogether. I believe there's a thing called a "bus" or "train" if you don't wan...
by jont-
Sat Apr 08, 2023 11:21 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Dissertation survey
Replies: 95
Views: 209039

Re: Dissertation survey

There would of course be the increased congestion caused by loss of a running lane, but other traffic management aspects such as variable speed limit gantries would probably remain, so a ‘reverted’ SM may still flow better than before it became smart. Agressively ticketing MLMs would make a signifi...
by jont-
Sat Apr 08, 2023 5:58 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Dissertation survey
Replies: 95
Views: 209039

Re: Dissertation survey

There would of course be the increased congestion caused by loss of a running lane, but other traffic management aspects such as variable speed limit gantries would probably remain, so a ‘reverted’ SM may still flow better than before it became smart. Agressively ticketing MLMs would make a signifi...
by jont-
Thu Apr 06, 2023 8:38 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Dissertation survey
Replies: 95
Views: 209039

Re: Dissertation survey

Mr Sunak pledged during the Conservative Party leadership election last year to ban smart motorways, labelling them unsafe. He said: “Smart motorways are unpopular because they are unsafe. We need to listen to drivers, be on their side and stop with the pursuit of policies that go against common se...
by jont-
Thu Apr 06, 2023 7:25 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Dissertation survey
Replies: 95
Views: 209039

Re: Dissertation survey

While I doubt that those already in use will be reverted ... https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/no-new-smart-motorways-planned-concerns-safety-cost-2257652 Some aggresssive enforcement against MLMs would do a significant amount to obviate the need for more lanes. :hit: Although in the most recent ca...

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