[lug] Breaking braking?

[Carl Wagner]

Something I have wondered about since the Audi issue:
Can't most, if not all, automotive brakes overcome engine acceleration?

If that is the case, then unless the brakes failed, I don't know how the 
'cars' could cause the accidents.

And why don't the people have the presence of mind to:
  1) shift into nutral
  2) turn the key off
  3) apply the ebrake

Reading the article, I think all cars should have black boxes, with 
battery backup, and on impact they write all data to flash.  And run Linux!!
Not government mandated - but for the car makers to CYA, in our 
litigious society.
It might add 50 cents to the price if a car, if it was integrated into 
the ECM.  (this is a guess, but micro controllers and flash are cheap, 
and auto manufacturers use massive quantities so they would get the best 
prices).

Note: I am normally against thinks like this as it can lead to invasion 
of privacy, but if people can blame car crashes on the manufacturer, the 
manufacturer needs some way to respond.

Isn't it nice how congress grilled Toyota BEFORE the NHTSA report was 
released!

Carl.




Jeffrey Haemer wrote:
> Electronic brake and accelerator controls were the source of a 
> surprising (well, to me) amount of discussion at a BLUG meeting, a few 
> months ago, after reports of problems with Toyotas.  
>
> Here's a WSJ follow-up on 
> <http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703834604575364871534435744.html> the 
> Toyota reports.
>
> Me, I've learned that BLUG attracts a lot of car geeks. :-)
>
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