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Re:Benz remotely controlled vehicle stuck in cruise control ... by tritium on Friday March 16, 2018 @12:35PM (#16601772)
This makes me want less software control in my vehicle. Ideally none.
Re:Benz remotely controlled vehicle stuck in cruise control ... by mulmen on Friday March 16, 2018 @12:56PM (#16601998)
So carburetors and no abs or traction control?
Re:Benz remotely controlled vehicle stuck in cruise control ... by Skunkleton on Friday March 16, 2018 @01:01PM (#16602062)
Im not saying I agree with OP, but you picked three things that existed in cars before computers.
Re:Benz remotely controlled vehicle stuck in cruise control ... by mulmen on Friday March 16, 2018 @07:44PM (#16604783)
ABS uses software, I'm not aware of a mechanical ABS.

Limited slip differentials in all their varieties still don't do what stability control and traction control do. You need software for the systems to perform in a way we have come to expect.

A car without any software at all would be carbureted and have no ABS or traction/stability control.

Re:Benz remotely controlled vehicle stuck in cruise control ... by Skunkleton on Saturday March 17, 2018 @02:16PM (#16608244)
Re:Benz remotely controlled vehicle stuck in cruise control ... by mulmen on Saturday March 17, 2018 @03:53PM (#16608747)
From your link:

> A fully mechanical system saw limited automobile use in the 1960s in the Ferguson P99 racing car, the Jensen FF, and the experimental all wheel drive Ford Zodiac, but saw no further use; the system proved expensive and unreliable.

Those systems were used in aircraft, not cars. The operation was significantly different as well.

Anyone who owns a car with mechanical fuel injection will tell you how much more reliable carburetors are.

My point is simple: we have used software in automotive systems for decades and those systems have proven to be reliable. Removing all software from a car will not make it safer just because new automation systems are poorly built.

Re:Benz remotely controlled vehicle stuck in cruise control ... by endianswap on Friday March 16, 2018 @01:01PM (#16602060)
ABS is a solved problem without requiring software.
Re:Benz remotely controlled vehicle stuck in cruise control ... by mulmen on Friday March 16, 2018 @07:45PM (#16604785)
I may have missed something but please point me to an ABS system that does not use sensors and software to actuate the pressure modulator.