Wednesday 27th March 2002

Combined Brake/Throttle

Single pedal system to be tested on Tomorrow's World this evening

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[pantsman]

Eh!?

[CarZee]

[thom]

Why don't they put a computer joystick? Steering, throttle, brakes, gears (sequential then ), boot, shower, lift, hairdresser,etc

[hertsbiker]

err, how does this work then?

You know sometimes when your ankle aches a bit, so you take your right foot off the gas, and maybe depress the clutch so the engine braking doesn't slow you down???

Well, I do this sometimes on a long trip. If I had a "1 peddle" solution, would this apply the brakes?

What a STUPID idea.

C

[relaxitscool]

I bet the same guy who thought of this invented that BMX that braked when you peddeled backwards..


>> Edited by relaxitscool on Thursday 28th March 16:23

[Mark Benson]

I caught the test they did on Tomorrows World, for all the hype, for the 4 people doing the test (3 minicab drivers and the presenter) there was a big improvement for one cab driver, 2 cab drivers were about the same as a conventional car and the presenter woman was worse with the 1 pedal system.
Hardly conclusive...

[Roadrunner]

Bet most of us would be quicker drivers if the usual controls were replaced with a playstation control pad!

[CarZee]

quote:Bet most of us would be quicker drivers if the usual controls were replaced with a playstation control pad!

And the windscreen with a telly?

[superflid]

Saw it. Did anyone else notice that the reaction times for the two older drivers (both around 60) made their braking distances greater than the two younger drivers with 1 pedal or 2?

[mondeoman]

Another good reason for compulsory testing - if you can't stop a car within the codes "braking distances" your outta here!

Reactions slow as you get older - fact.

[IPAddis]

quote:
I bet the same guy who thought of this invented that BMX that braked when you peddeled backwards..


>> Edited by relaxitscool on Thursday 28th March 16:23

Which is still popular with good BMX riders!

[steve harrison]

Kind of serious point to all this though. The conventional car control system has evolved over time and works pretty well.

But, if you started from scratch and designed a control layout for a car - no preconceptions allowed, would you come up with something radically different or better, especially when we now have the technology for drive-by-wire type systems where the processing between control input and actuator output can be considerable.