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Re:GM says it will put fleets of self-driving cars in cities... by LeifCarrotson on Friday December 01, 2017 @03:15PM (#15826946)
> The NTSB does not like it because the brake lights do not turn on. I'm not having that done.

The NTSB must be ignoring the millions of manual-transmission vehicles which can be slowed down through engine braking without their brake lights turning on.

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Re:GM says it will put fleets of self-driving cars in cities... by madengr on Friday December 01, 2017 @05:09PM (#15828112)
Sure, but they can't be brought to a stop with engine breaking.
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Re:GM says it will put fleets of self-driving cars in cities... by LeifCarrotson on Saturday December 02, 2017 @11:12AM (#15832503)
"Braking". It can definitely come to a grinding, flaming halt with engine breaking. (Sorry, that typo is a bit of a pet peeve).

And you can easily get down to 5mph with engine braking, which is more than slow enough to be a problem if you don't have brake lights on.

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