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Modern cars have become death traps
The typical modern automobile utilizes a set of systems including power
steering, power brakes, power door locks, power windows, as well as automatic transmissions. Such modern advances generally make cars more convenient and easier to drive, yet they also make them potentially dangerous. A couple years ago 4 asian buisnessmen in Bejjing were driving through downtown in their brand new BMW 5 series. It's engine & engine electrical system unexpectedly quite. This was during the summer so it was HOT outside. Because of the high temperatures, they had their A/C on with the windows rolled up. Such a model car left them like sitting ducks trapped inside their car since the power windows and *door locks* became inoperable. A passerbyer spotted them inside the car pounding on their windows. After a long while of them being trapped and full of panic inside their car the pedestrian who spotted them took a heavy metal object from the side walk to break one of the windows open. In this case they turned out lucky. Imagine what would happen if they got trapped inside their car in the middle of Death Valley California with no help around for miles and triple digit temperatures outside. In another case back in yr/2000 Lisa 29 was driving around San Francisco in her 99' Buick when all of a sudden her engine died on her. In an instant she lost control of her car, went off the side of the road and hit a parked car in someones drive way. "I was just driving along when all of a sudden the car lost power and the steering wheel became too heavy and impossible to turn. I tried to stop but I also lost my brakes at the same time. No matter how hard I applied the brakes, nothing would stop the car as I was heading down one of San Francisco's steep hills." I say that all of the above examples clearly show that the automotive industry has serious failed the motoring public in providing safe, reliable private transportation. The CEOs need to be cross examined for their short comings and strung for not making the best decisions in car designs. The engineers themselves need to be questioned and strung for not putting together cars that would offer fail safe devices IN THE FIRST PLACE. East- |
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But Brent, there is no way of telling what Lisa looks like. For all
you know Lisa could be a really small, thin, and fragile blond girl with zero upper body strength. You can not compare your male body to a smaller females body that doesn't have nearly as much "myofibriles" i.e. muscle mass. Just like how on TV they keep showing a NAVY ship that had a fighter plane crash into it's deck and smash into a million pieces. The pilot was a women. Experts agree that if the pilot had more upper body strength she would have been able to pull up on the controls hard enough to land the plane without incident. Ever since that accident woman have been banned from becoming fighter pilots. Yes you can control a car with Power steering that lost it's power. But it takes a LOT of strength to do so. Not everyone can do it, especially senior citizens and petite drivers. Also a driver that is "SICK" with a virus has less strength. A lot less strength than usual. East- |
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But Brent P, not everyone is good with technology. The average
motorists could be *surprised* once they loose all power to their car. Many of whom have NEVER touched a car in their life that was power nothing. This is year 2006. The last power nothing car was sold decades ago. In any case the *surprise* of the car loosing power is enough to make a driver panic and effectively get into an accident. Some drivers might think that there is no more control of the car once the power steering and brakes are all gone. And on many cars there really isn't. There are "drive by wire" cars these days where if the power is lost, no turning of the wheel or pressing on the brake or gas will do ANYTHING. The occupants of the car are basically in for the ride with ZERO control of what happens next once the engine cuts out. East- |
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> I say that all of the above examples clearly show that the automotive > industry has serious failed the motoring public in providing safe, > reliable private transportation. You can say that all you want, but the death rate/million miles driven have continuously gone down as the technology gets better. Technology developed much by the millions spent by the automotive industry R&D teams. |
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> wrote in message
ups.com... > But Brent P, not everyone is good with technology. The average > motorists could be *surprised* once they loose all power to their car. OK, I've had it. You don't "loose" power, you lose power. "Loose" is what doors are when the hinges aren't screwed in tight. > Many of whom have NEVER touched a car in their life that was power > nothing. This is year 2006. The last power nothing car was sold > decades ago. > > In any case the *surprise* of the car loosing power is enough to make a Same comment: the term is "losing". > driver panic and effectively get into an accident. Some drivers might > think that there is no more control of the car once the power steering > and brakes are all gone. And on many cars there really isn't. There > are "drive by wire" cars these days where if the power is lost, no > turning of the wheel or pressing on the brake or gas will do ANYTHING. > The occupants of the car are basically in for the ride with ZERO > control of what happens next once the engine cuts out. > > > East- > Sorry, nothing personal, but I'm fed up with people who don't know how to spell. |
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