Re: Sudden Acceleration (Or lack of)

["Matt Willey" <mwilley@logical123.net>]

    Hey, what can I say.  I am currently working on installing my car
computer.  Should be the first Scirocco with a 6" LCD color screen.  I won't
read my mail while I drive though, just for you...  Later..

Matt
'84 Scirocco
'88 Mustang 'Vert

----- Original Message -----
From: Carlyle Fitzgerald <clfitz@inetone.net>
To: Brian Honnold <bhonnold@pac-cap.com>
Cc: scirocco mail list <scirocco-L@scirocco.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 1999 10:00 PM
Subject: Re: Sudden Acceleration (Or lack of)


>Brian Honnold wrote:
>>
>> That is precisly why I got a headset for my cell phone.
>
>Now, *that's* an idea.  I didn't even know there was such a thing.
>
>I remember that some automaker a few years ago had a cell phone in the
>driver's sun visor.  Pretty good idea, I suppose, but I don't think it
>went over too well.  That was a while ago, though, and I suppose the
>technology hadn't evolved to the point where it worked very well.
>
>Heh!  Somebody's putting computers in cars now.  Just wait 'till
>somebody starts reading his/her e-mail while driving...And Mercedes has
>installed a warning light in the dash of one of their new cars, to alert
>the driver that he/she needs to take action of some sort.  It's part of
>their cruise control system, I think.
>
>Scenario:  Cruise control set on 80, car approaches leading vehicle.
>Warning light comes on; driver, awakened from stupor induced by reading
>e-mail, thinks, "OH, SHIT!  I better hit my brakes!  Now, which pedal
>was that...?"  <CRASH!!!!>  One dead mother with kid, one living (and
>rich) idiot with too much isolation from the world.  Sickening.
>
>Carlyle
>
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