Police Say Uber Is Likely Not at Fault for Self-Driving Car Fatality in Arizona

Re:Police Say Uber Is Likely Not at Fault for Self-Driving C... by Casseres on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @04:28AM (#16626796)

My car has a CVT (Continuously Variable Transmission). With cruise control enabled, going downhill, it will actually change the effective gear ratio and "downshift" automatically.

(Once or twice when going downhill without cruise control, just using the brake pedal, it "downshifted" automatically while I had the brake pedal pressed.

CVTs are computer controled and better than manual/standard for gas mileage, but with the downaide that you can't tow heavy loads.)

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Re:Police Say Uber Is Likely Not at Fault for Self-Driving C... by dingo_bat on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @08:27AM (#16627893)

> but with the downaide that you can't tow heavy loads.)

And the frustrating rubber-banding.

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Re:Police Say Uber Is Likely Not at Fault for Self-Driving C... by Casseres on Wednesday March 21, 2018 @12:06PM (#16639365)

I've never heard of that phrase before, so I went to look it up. Apparently it has different meanings to different people when it comes to CVTs. I haven't experienced any of those different issues.

When it comes to accelerating and high RPM, I just don't mash the gas pedal down. By pressing the gas pedal on my car just enough, I can accelerate past other cars without high RPM just fine.

Gas pedal management is definately different with CVTs and other types of transmissions if you want a good driving experience.

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