Ecm role expanding?

[ae2598 at wayne.edu]

The trend in ALL industries these days is to make equipment safe for
careless/stupid/suicidal operators.  No machine is COMPLETELY fool-proof,
but the automakers are just following suit with other manufacturing
sectors in making their product as "reasonably" fail-safe as possible
given current technological limitations.

I guess what's really driving this is the realization that it is cheaper
in the long run to design products this way than to pay the legal and P.R.
bills afterward..

 On Tue, 28 Nov 2000, Len Sabatine wrote:

>           Point was , operator ability is being replaced by controls. The 
> vehicle will  then compensate for
>          any human or social errors. ABS is safer than non ABS with respect 
> to lockup an skid [said that].
>          I stick with my statement ,  Many folks should not be driving a 
> motor vehicle . They are not focusing
>          on operating the vehicle while using cell phones , hair dryers + 
> other devices . How much can be
>          afforded for the vehicle that does everything for non thinking 
> humans ? Ya , I'm sarcastic about
>          the complexity and costs involved , then being taxed by 
> overzealous bureaucrats.
>          Len
> 
> >>     The thought that ABS brakes stop better than conventional brakes is 
> >> False.
> >>     It's that they don't lock up and skid. Perfect for folks who should
> >>not be driving.
> >
> >Personally, I have trouble modulating the brakes to 20% skid in a panic 
> >stop...guess I shouldn't be on the road?
> >
> >
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