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Comment You'll never need that acceleration (Score 2) 249

Fast acceleration is usually the wrong choice in any kind of traffic situation.

Are you going to speed up so that you can miss that mid-air deer? No.
Are you going to speed up so you won't get rear-ended at a traffic light? No.
Are you going to speed up so you don't get t-boned by the car you didn't see who's running their light? No.
Are you going to jump that drawbridge? No.
Are you going to beat that train? No.

Comment I hate it, but it's saved my butt (Score 3, Interesting) 176

One of my cars has automatic braking. There are times where it's a PITA, but it's saved me from low-speed bumps a couple of times. It's made a few mistakes in the last year, but it's saved me more than hurt me.

The problem with automatic braking is when it "sees" behavior and objects that might be crash. There are times when I was trying to hop out into a hole in traffic that it classifies as "crash" and brakes which is actually quite dangerous.

Comment Loser media (Score 5, Insightful) 123

Reporters just need a source - any source - to quote. That's why Twitter is so important: because "journalists" can search twitter for any opinion they want, which allows them to say anything they want in their article.

Don't like how your local donut shop makes its donuts? Look on Twitter for tweets that agree with you...then use those tweets as source material for your article. Suddenly "controversy surrounding the local donut shop erupted online yesterday" is your lead.

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