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Old 04-24-2010, 04:34 PM   #89
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Originally Posted by cmdahler View Post
Don't be absurd. Of course I wouldn't look forward to it; but it wouldn't be a catastrophe, either.
So you're confident you can change lanes safely on a crowded freeway without being able to match speeds with the lane you're changing into? Wow you either think you're the worlds best driver or you're a ghost.


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It may apply a differential torque which will naturally cause a turning moment, but to say it will make the car swerve violently out of control is hardly likely.
Really and you know this how?

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Regardless, not even a half-wit engineer would design a car with completely independent power sources to the wheels if the failure of one motor would immediately cause the car to be uncontrollable.
As opposed to the half wit engineers who design planes that fall out of the sky because you turn a cell phone on?


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Depends on where your definition of "might" is, doesn't it?
Huh? I was pointing out that regulatory agencies need to quantify the risk. In simpler words, to define "might". What has my definition, or your definition of might got to do with anything.
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