automatic stop device

[glenn in camino]

I just read that by 2022 all cars will have to have a device to avoid front end crashes like in most new cars. How will that work on model As.

[dalton]

This must be refering to all "new" cars. The cost to retrofit even modern cars with computer controlled ABS would be cost prohibitive.

[Cockshutt Kid]

that will be great. Finally it will be easy to get out of my driveway. Wait fo a new car to come along and just pull out. Let it's computer do the rest.

[ian Simpson]

Originally Posted by glenn in camino

I just read that by 2022 all cars will have to have a device to avoid front end crashes like in most new cars. How will that work on model As.

Not very well!!!!!

[fredski]

Originally Posted by glenn in camino

I just read that by 2022 all cars will have to have a device to avoid front end crashes like in most new cars. How will that work on model As.

First you have to install 16 inch wheels.

Fredski

[CarlG]

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Originally Posted by fredski

First you have to install 16 inch wheels.

Fredski

Then you have to have an alternator, of course.

[Big hammer]

Originally Posted by CarlG

Then you have to have an alternator, of course.

Seat belts and air bags next :-)

[Mike V. Florida]

Here are some details

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/autom...ry?id=37721614

[JOHN CT]

Originally Posted by Mike V. Florida

Here are some details

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/autom...ry?id=37721614

I can't wait to sit on the passenger side. And watch my model a drive all by itself

[C26Pinelake]

I am sure it relates to cars that are manufacturered on or after that date. You can rest assured that it will not be retroactive. Wayne.

[Ted Duke]

It should be exciting, the idiots will just follow closer counting on their cars to stop them. AND I am sure it will be easier to text.

Ted

[C26Pinelake]

Originally Posted by glenn in camino

I just read that by 2022 all cars will have to have a device to avoid front end crashes like in most new cars. How will that work on model As.

The first line of the articles states..all new cars ! Wayne

[Tinbasher]

I can see a computer box (signal generator) being added to older cars so the new ones won't drive over them. The new ones are talking to each other right now it's just a matter of going the next step. That's how the collision avoidance and automatic braking works. One cars senses the others computer system.
John Poole

[updraught]

Might be a bit hard to work out when they are going to stop.

"... But autonomous models still surprise human drivers with their quick reflexes, coming to an abrupt halt, for example, when they sense a pedestrian near the edge of a sidewalk who might step into traffic.“These vehicles are either stopping in a situation or slowing down when a human driver might not,” said Brandon Schoettle, co-author of the Michigan study. “They’re a little faster to react, taking drivers behind them off guard.” "


http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl...ing-a-key-flaw


and ...


"It’s similar to the thorny ethical issues driverless car creators are wrestling with over how to program them to make life-or-death decisions in an accident. For example, should an autonomous vehicle sacrifice its occupant by swerving off a cliff to avoid killing a school bus full of children?"

[Synchro909]

I'm sure these changes will be grandfathered. There is no way it can work on a Model A. The systems will be designed for 12 volts, negative earth. They also won't work on car with a manual transmission. Could be the death knell of manuals!

[Bob-A]

Originally Posted by Synchro909

I'm sure these changes will be Could be the death knell of manuals!

Me thinks it is another death knell for freedom.......

Bob-A

[700rpm]

Originally Posted by Bob-A

Me thinks it is another death knell for freedom.......

Bob-A

Methinks you have a peculiar definition of freedom.

[mshmodela]

Originally Posted by glenn in camino

I just read that by 2022 all cars will have to have a device to avoid front end crashes like in most new cars. How will that work on model As.

All newly manufactured cars.

[1Tudoor]

Takata air bags will deploy under the frame skidding you to a stop , only once .

[richsfords]

Before the .GOV folks got there wire wheels washed I think that Henry had this under control, if he would have painted it "anti collision orange" it would have been a great ideal