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jimbo2150
join:2004-05-10
Youngstown, OH
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I pity the day Ford makes automated vehicles...
Here are a few more news article titles to ponder over:
"Virus Takes Vehicles In New Directions"
"Bus Accident Caused By 'Crash'"
"Hackers Can Drive Cars... From 1000 Miles Away"
"'My Husband Crashed Our Car... Watching Porn!'"
"New Report: Cell Phones Used as Vehicle Remotes"
... as much as I want to see cars with auto-pilot, they should NOT be run by Windows...
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| Have you driven a new vehicle lately? I own a Ford and 2 GM models. The oldest, a 2002 Ford van, comes pretty dependent on the vehicle computer systems.
Some of the "neater" stuff is on the 04 GM. But to make a long post short, I had trouble with the battery in the vehicle which in turn made the computer "crash" and then the vehicle run a little nutty until it suddenly went into "safe mode" where the vehicle hobbles along. The vehicle did suddenly accelerate and the dash went nuts for a few seconds then the car started "limping" without the computer system fully in control. All because the battery was bad, needed a new one, but the voltage problems were enough to crash the computer.
Point being that ALL new vehicles are computer controlled from the ABS to the throttle itself (Throttle position/controls), at least in some way.
So are many new washing machines, dryers, tools, all sorts of things that are computer controlled for a lot of different reasons. | |
jimbo2150
join:2004-05-10
Youngstown, OH
| said by keyboard5684  :Have you driven a new vehicle lately? I own a Ford and 2 GM models. The oldest, a 2002 Ford van, comes pretty dependent on the vehicle computer systems. Some of the "neater" stuff is on the 04 GM. But to make a long post short, I had trouble with the battery in the vehicle which in turn made the computer "crash" and then the vehicle run a little nutty until it suddenly went into "safe mode" where the vehicle hobbles along. The vehicle did suddenly accelerate and the dash went nuts for a few seconds then the car started "limping" without the computer system fully in control. All because the battery was bad, needed a new one, but the voltage problems were enough to crash the computer. Point being that ALL new vehicles are computer controlled from the ABS to the throttle itself (Throttle position/controls), at least in some way. So are many new washing machines, dryers, tools, all sorts of things that are computer controlled for a lot of different reasons. Washing machines probably arn't as deadly as a vehicle... bad suggestion there.
There is a reason I don't buy Ford cars... what was it... Oh, thanks for answering me.
I had a Saturn a while back and the same thing happened to me, battery went bad. My dashboard went haywire for a minute, then appently switched to full manual. ABS, etc turned off automatically and it switched over to manual transmission. A light turned on that told me to shift manually. Not enough juice for transmission. No big deal. Just did that till I got it home then made the call to AAA.
It was one of my favorite cars to date.
I now have a Pontiac and have not had a problem with it yet.
My main point is, if you think the computer controlling your car is bad now, wait untill M$ gets their OS in there... {shudders}.
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