@raydowe Let's be careful here, he didn't say the brakes didn't slow the car, he said the brakes didn't STOP the car.
I agree you shouldn't pulse the brakes under normal circumstances, but in the situation described where the brake pedal was to the floor and the brakes weren't slowing the car, pumping the brakes could be effective in restoring some pressure to the system.
Therefore, the system did
not slow the car, the forward collision warning system did not provide an alert, and the automatic emergency braking did not activate.
While the extra bulk of the batteries doesn't slow the car down too much in a straight line, it's more noticeable when you take corners at speed.
And this isn't a slow car.
Not exact matches
On one hand, the
slow lane for self - driving
cars isn't totally unexpected, as the Trump administration continues to chart its course in major transportation policy debates and decides which federal programs to keep or replace.
Oh, one other prediction, which probably won't happen this year, but is inevitable: the media (and public) will freak out the first time a robot
car accidentally kills someone, with calls to
slow development inevitably following.
I was walking down the street the other day and as I crossed a driveway a
car came speeding out, the driver didn't
slow down at all, missing me by a few inches.
The
car did
not slow down or swerve to avoid hitting her.
That even though Facebook isn't
slowing down, it's a good idea to stay inside the
car.
Not only is the Model S able to track the angle in which neighboring vehicles are traveling, it's also able to simultaneously track individual actions of five
cars — up to six
cars in
slow moving traffic conditions — as they maneuver between lanes.
Government is like the brakes on a
car, they don't make it go, they
slow it down appropriately when needed.
I hate
slow check out lines,
slow cars,
slow computers,
slow internet connections,
slow decisions, people walking slowly,
slow responses,
slow waiters, foods that require «simmering», and the Crock Pot — pretty much anything that is
slow I don't like.
Next you head into the supermarket (remembering that you had to actually dress up, do your hair, fix makeup etc. to do this) and wander the aisles wasting time looking at ingredient lists and trying to remember if the gums, preservatives and additives have dairy / eggs in them... taking the rolls to the counter, working out whether or
not you want to go through the self checkout or keep a checkout operator employed for a few more years... pay... get back in the
car... find somewhere to buy bottled water for the dogs... drive 50 km home... unpack dogs and buns and suddenly getting up, stretching... wearing whatever the heck you like with your hair in the air, no makeup, dogs within a hard stares range in case they feel like eating the furniture while you are working and that
slow measuring out, baking etc. doesn't seem so time consuming any more.
But fika is
not buying a to - go coffee and inhaling it in your
car on the way to somewhere else — it is intentionally
slowing down to drink a cup of coffee (or tea), eat some kind of delicious baked good, and enjoy yourself — either alone or with friends.
I don't blame Giroud for have very little talent, or Mert for being
slower than my grand mother, or Flamini having the control of a 2 year old in a bumper
car, or Sanchez getting injured when he is played whilst being burned out, or Cazorla for getting injured and left on the pitch playing with knee ligament damage God knows prolonging his return date by how many weeks.
The
cars behind it couldn't
slow down in time, and they spun off a cliff and into the abyss.
They never even got close to winning,
not because the
car was
slow, it was just horribly unreliable.
It's
not going to suit our
car as much as the twisty,
slower corners of Monaco, but I'm excited to get back in the MCL32, catch up with the guys and girls in the team and get back out on track.»
The Monaco race track doesn't flatter the Formula E
cars, they still look quite
slow around Tabac, the Swimming Pool section and down the main straight.
He spun off and into the gravel, which
slowed the
car down sufficiently but didn't stop it from gradually sliding onto its side.
Even if the MP4 - 25 was probably the
slowest car of the three, it wasn't by much, and a good drive by either Hamilton or Button on the day would be enough to overcome any small deficit.
It's a pretty common rule across motorsport that when restarting a race after a safety
car period, drivers shouldn't suddenly speed up and then
slow down again.
The centre of the midfield isn't the only big problem Arsenal have to solve to avoid the title challenge continuing this
slow - motion
car crash.
I love that time
slows down and I notice things (rabbits, a fox, prairie dogs, flowers, birds) that I wouldn't see if I were speeding by in a
car.
I was coming onto the highway from the on - ramp and some jack - ass woman on her cell phone driving a red sporty
car couldn't be bothered to
slow down or change lanes to let me in.
under your breath about your ridiculously
slow pace — and
not even noticing the glorious vista right out your
car's window.
what is the point in this cycle of decline.the worst part is milliband has a first degree in politics.he knows tax and spend does
not work.looking at labour over a 30 year period, is like watching the
slowest car crash in history.
«People watching the
slow - motion disaster overtaking Europe don't want an emergency brake on immigration, they want control of the steering wheel so we can avoid the
car crash up ahead.»
Not long ago, Eagleman became intrigued by the stories one hears of people who experience time
slowing — during a
car crash, say.
As a result, oxidative stress proceeds at a
slower pace and the organism lives longer, just as a
car will last longer in a dry climate that doesn't promote rust.
A particular vehicle's use of the toll road will
not be recorded on a computer, and
cars will
not have to
slow down for the card to be read.
(Many snails aren't just threatened by
car tires but also the risk of drying up on the
slow trek across hot pavement.)
Power will be taken from the flywheel when the
car is accelerating so fast that the turbine alone can
not provide enough electricity to the motor — for example, when coming out of a
slow turn.
Think about like the engine of a
car that in a safe haven would be in a nice,
slow, idle,
not stressed at all versus in your garage a
car where there's somebody who has their foot all the way down on the gas pedal and so that engine is just accelerated at much higher speed than it ought to be for a
car that's parked in a garage.
If that's too ambitious, she suggests either an orbiter or
slow flyby probe, so long as the spacecraft goes
slow enough
not to smush potential microorganisms like bugs on a
car windshield.
Valence has already modified a Prius... Marc Kohler, business development manager for Valence's vehicle systems program, says the major automakers appear to be acting disinterested, but it's
not the full picture... «Publicly they have to say one thing, but R&D guys are actively researching it,» says Kohler, pointing out that high oil prices, national security issues, the fact that the technology is available, and the
slow progress of fuel - cell
cars has created an ideal environment for pursuing plug - in hybrids.
swm 52, don't smoke or drink, never been married, no kids, but i want to have 1 child with you, have a home and a
car, likes sea food, walks on the beach well hoding hand, soft rock,
slow dancing, MUST BE AFFECIONAT, love to cuddle, will anser all,
He's
not shy about shooting anyone in their way, even a troublesome girlfriend, and he's so tough that the film has to throw everything at him (starting with one of the great urban
car crash stunts of its time) in the third act just to
slow him down.
Not surprisingly, the film looks its best when it looks its fakiest, i.e., when the digital effects enhance the race sequences:
slowing down and magnifying raindrops, and doing a Matrix dealie with a disintegrating
car.
Summary: Arslan Warriors of Legend is a
car crash that you simply shouldn't even
slow down to look at!
It's like a
car wreck in
slow - motion, except the guy driving sold his air bags for gas money and is delivering a peppy monologue about how great it feels
not to be wearing a seat belt.
As L. Gordon Crovitz recently lamented in the Wall Street Journal: «If fast - moving technology hadn't collided with
slow - moving regulators, this might have been the last summer you'd have to drive your own
car.»
That's one reason why I may
not see a
car slowing to a stop in front of me until I hit their bumper.
It felt perfectly stable at this sort of speed too, although the brakes are
not the most encouraging part of the
car (they're effective enough, but need a good shove deep into the pedal travel) so it felt wise to leave plenty of margin for
slowing.
The
car handles amazing, steering is tight, the suspension is firm but
not too firm, is blast to drive with the top off, looks beautiful, yet the automatic is pretty
slow off the line
In the past your goal was to bring the
car home and to
slow down the speeds,
not use the curbs.
The clutches grate and whine as I
slow for a light because the Nürburgring doesn't care much for how
cars perform in stop - and - go traffic.
It's
not because the
car is underpowered, or was frustratingly
slow and I struggled to merge into the typically 75 mph - plus Michigan highway traffic.
I instantly know all's
not well as the ceaseless noise inside my helmet falters and the
car slows mid-flow.