Corvette Auto-Signal

"Bob Lutz" > wrote in message
newsan.2005.01.17.10.41.14.18650@blutz...
> On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 16:57:48 -0800, Old Wolf wrote:
>
>> BMW makes cars that do not have turn signals (at least, that's my
>> conclusion based on observations of them on the road).
>
> In this state, and I'm sure many others, hand signals are still legal,
> though I don't think many people understand them anymore.
>
>

I see them occasionally...usually with the middle finger extended. Oh wait,
that's my signal! ;-)

"Scott en Aztlán" > wrote in message
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> On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 19:07:53 -0500, "James C. Reeves"
> > wrote:
>
>>>> Not at all. GM often puts these useless and annoying stuff on their
>>>> cars.
>>>> They think it's "cool". The rest of us just think it's dumb.
>>>
>>> Why are you so offended at such a feature? It makes sure people can
>>> see the flash, and allows the driver to get a firm grip of the wheel
>>> with his left hand ASAP.
>>
>>Mainly because I'm a control freak, I guess. Part of the enjoyment of
>>driving a vehicle is making it do what you want it to do when you want it
>>to
>>do it, not what some engineer thinks it should do. :-)
>
> So I guess you've disabled your ABS system and your cruise control,
> right?

Didn't have to. The car I usually drive I bought without ABS. Not sure how
I made it home in todays snow storm though! ;-) I actually don't know if
the cruise works, now that I think about it...and I've had the car for over
a year now. Hmmm... Not may opportunities with the traffic around here,
apparently. I have used cruise control on many occasions in the past
though. But, that's still by my choice (comfort on long trips, etc.) Not
something out of my control. That's the difference.

>>Hell, when they
>>implement the "drive by GPS and sonar/radar" systems, we won't have
>>anything
>>to do any more. I guess we can read while the car takes us places. Nope.
>>Don't like it!
>
> You won't have a choice. We can't build roads fast enough to keep up
> with demand, so the only way to avoid complete gridlock will be to
> automate the driving task. Cars will be manually controllable in some
> areas, but main trunk roads will be automated in order to safely
> maximize capacity. There's just no other way to keep the Sloths and
> LLBs out of everyone's way.
>

Ah perhaps so. But the big question! Will the government
mandated/controlled speed on those main trunks be decided by "sloths"? If
so, it will be the nightmare of all nightmares of the anti-sloth crowd!
THEY will be sloths and won't be able to do anything about it! But, on the
other hand, IF they choose 120MPH speeds, grandpa the sloth (which may be
you and I both by then) will have died of a heart attack long before
reaching his destination! ;-)