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uzyg
Wednesday 12th May 2010, 11:20
Oops!

New S60 gets off to a good start... (http://uk.cars.yahoo.com/11052010/36/volvo-auto-brake-fails-during-demo-0.html)

Plodmonkey
Wednesday 12th May 2010, 14:40
love it

Flatout Phil
Wednesday 12th May 2010, 14:53
love it

Hey Punto,
You have not been on here for ages - or so it seems?

Trudge
Wednesday 12th May 2010, 20:37
The joys of technology! :)

Porcine_Aviator
Thursday 13th May 2010, 00:16
And this is why you should never trust your life to electronics. A foot on the brake is better that a computer that decides to give up, just when you need it to work. :)

Dangerous Dave
Thursday 13th May 2010, 08:09
Thats what happens when Ford get their grubby mits on things.

Pistol Pete
Thursday 13th May 2010, 18:13
Volvo blamed the incident on a combination of 'human error'

Well thats strange.. i thought the idea of it was to remove human error :insane:

Plodmonkey
Thursday 13th May 2010, 18:29
Hey Punto,
You have not been on here for ages - or so it seems?

uni work, car troubles and alcohol

and theirs nout better than a foot to stop the car

wegal
Friday 14th May 2010, 11:12
Thats funny, same thing happened to Merc when they showed off there radar system for cruise control, someone forgot to turn the system on an the result was 2 smashed up mercs in front of a load of giggling journo's !

All these safety features are taking the skill out of driving and leaving us with an increasing number of muppets on the road. In the old days people drove better cos if you drove badly and had an accident it either really hurt.. or killed you. Now you can have a huge smash and walk away.... we should reintroduce natural selection to driving :-)