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Alasdair

http://www.wsj.com/articles/toyota-aims ... 1444136396

Toyota plans to make self driving cars by 2020

Alasdair

I might have to see what its limits are - but I suspect it might try!

Alasdair

Slightly old news now, but something that I have just come across... http://www.clelands.co.uk/news.html John Cleland - racing driver - also linked in with Clelands (jaguar / volvo dealer) is paying for young drivers to take the IAM skill for life course - he has been working with the Borders IAM gr...

Alasdair, if your cruise doesn't disengage when you depress the clutch, it's broken. don't think so :) brand new car! also the manual (page 140) says: The Cruise Control System also remains activated after shifting the gear! bad English - but confirms what I have found - you can change gear and the...

Depends on the car - my kuga turned cruise off on a gear change, the octavia doesn't
Alasdair

it will have now changed as I have read (both!)
as per jcochrane's answer!

and thank you

Alasdair

the satnav proved very useful doing exactly as you suggest as we made progress through the night in a subaru driven by my friend - sharp left 50, bridge ahead etc. :) When road-rallying it was amazing how much info your nav could give you from a Landranger - but at least on local maps their job als...

Reminds me of the chap who went out for a taster drive with one of our members (now dormant) at night, who was rather proud of his technique using his satnav to predict the severity of bends, as he approached them :D you joke, but.... :D I did a trip to near Aberdeen a few years back, the satnav pr...

But what I meant was more in terms of a system that would warn you of vehicles approaching around a blind bend on a single track lane. Especially if the vehicle is being driven by a "local"... radar might work... but again, if you get used to it you run down the cyclist / horse rider when...