Flaky software could crash your car

[amigamad]

Oye Oyediran has taken his car to the repair shop three times for software upgrades since he bought it last year. This is the future of driving.  Cars, planes, household appliances and myriad other machines are increasingly relying on software to work. Manufacturers want the flexibility and innovation that programming code can bring.  But software can also make machines accidentally stop working, something computer manufacturers know all too well.

The link is here Flaky software

[amigamad]

Why is it anything to do with bbrv its microsofts software and the fault of car maker bmw which im glad there having problems  after the way they tryed to run rover into the ground . :-o  :-o

[amigamad]

Personally, I never cared for drive-by-wire, I think it's a stupid idea! A simple electrical glitch and the entire car would be disabled! If my Supra was drive-by-wire, I'd probably be dead now as my battery died while I was on the highway a few months back. If it were a drive-by-wire car, my entire car would have been out of control at over 100km/hr at night time, and without the possibility of using my brakes. Seems like a dumb idea to me.

True very scary thought its bad enough if your engine stops running while your moving if you have power steering its very hard to turn the wheel . :-?

[amigamad]

Only one thing prevents crashes: SLOW DOWN.

Not true speed does not cause more acidents german autobahns prove that they have less crashes  than us here in england. Ive done a 140 mph without any crashing no more dangerous than doing 70 on a clear road.

[amigamad]

People who drive 140 MPH usually have good cars and know how to drive them.

Nothing special just a 9 year old vauxhall cavalier 2.5 v6 .ive been driving about 8 years now so i know how to drive .i only done that speed once to test the car when i had not had it to long and dont intend going much above a 120 now.

[amigamad]

Ever since cars were equipped with processors, they have had a "Safe mode" as a default should a CPU or one of the many sensors die. This would show up on your dashboard as a "Check Engine" or "Service Soon" light. Your car is now not using a processor and your mileage will be terrible, but otherwise safe.

It does on the m3 cavalier i have now but on my 1985 cavalier mk2 1800 sri i used to have there was no warning light but that was reliable and made with better quality componants the newer cars seem to be even less reliable due to the increase in electrics i much prefer an classic and older cars due to the fact they have no stupid computers to go wrong . :-)

[amigamad]

Hmm, how do you guys think a car would run with windows installed?

Yes as long as control alt delete was intergrated into a  one button configuration it could be mounted on the steering wheel and pressed easy when the system crashes and you need to reboot to use the brakes. :-D  :-D