Jackie Myers wrote: > Study: Airbags, antilock brakes not likely to reduce accidents, injuries What scares me is the potential result of the next generation of devices - smart cruise control (now in high end cars like Mercedes), lane tracking and limited automatic steering etc. Some of these things are being held back until the car maker's lobbyists can convince Congress to enact legislation that removes liability from the auto maker if the device results in an accident. I'm waiting to hear of an accident lawsuit as a result of someone screwing up because they didn't understand what "electronic stability control" means! Kayaking analogy - the many paddlers I meet who use GPS instead of map and compass and keep getting lost! The best technology in the hands of an idiot doesn't help anyone. We could try outlawing idiocy, but then where would we get politicians? Mike *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Oct 17 2006 - 12:49:51 PDT
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