Oscar T. wrote:
> By far the acceleration/deceleration of the car relative to the
> earth's surface/road is what an accelerometer will measure.

Totally wrong.  It will also measure 1g up, the apparent accelleration due
to gravity.  In other words a "stationary" accellerometer sitting on my desk
will measure about 9.8m/s**2 upwards.


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