Josh Koffman wrote:
>
> I think there's a difference though. The car manufacturers want to get a
> lot of cars to drive together on the same road autonomously, with lots
> of safety precautions. Tony needs to get a single car to crash itself
> with no one in it. While I agree his boss probably won't be happy if it
> goes awry and the car doesn't crash in the right place, at least no one
> will be hurt (hopefully). Am I somewhat right Tony?
>
> Josh

The only 'people' in it are crash dummies.

In an earlier version of the system, it monitored radio comms between
the vehicle and my controller. If comms break down, the car shuts down
and stops.

After one particular crash, the car's processor malfunctioned and the
car kept driving off into a paddock, a disused airforce base, and only
stopped because the auto tansmission pan cracked and leaked out the auto
fluid leaving the car stranded with the engine revving faster than a
turbine. Aside from safety issues, it looked funny seeing my bosses
chasing after it :-)

A slight technical hitch, I said. (cough cough)

Needless to say, the hardware/software was hastily upgraded.

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Best regards

Tony

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