[ExI] auto-braking

Stathis Papaioannou stathisp at gmail.com
Tue Apr 16 04:17:06 UTC 2019


On Tue, 16 Apr 2019 at 13:54, Spike Jones <spike at rainier66.com> wrote:

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> My neighbor bought one of those cars which is supposed to automatically
> hit the brakes to prevent hitting the car in front, but he is afraid to
> test it.  I inquired about the wisdom of buying such a system if one does
> not test it to see if it works.  He agreed he would like to know, but is
> unwilling to risk his life or allow anyone else to risk theirs to test it.
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> It occurred to me this is our chance to make a buttload of money.  We
> could get some big foam-rubber blocks, perhaps 50 x 30 x 30 cm, stack them
> to make a “brick wall” which will not hurt the car or the driver if the
> computer decides to drive through, or misjudges the distance or any other
> thing.
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> We could set up a hose, test the car, wet the pavement, repeat.
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> Anyone here have one of those cars?  Have you tested it?
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> We could let proles race towards that foam block wall, test their cars for
> 50 bucks.
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Big empty cardboard boxes are probably easier to come by than foam blocks.
My car puts on the brakes if you approach a wall too fast when parking.

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