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bit of rubber has split
Been the cause of many a problem
Been the cause of many a problem
It's the explosion afterwards that causes the real problem though
Ask yourself this – what happens when you’re in the middle of some important piece of work on your computer, and it suddenly crashes.
Now think about an EV suffering a full system crash on a busy motorway, on a dark winter evening.
And don’t say it wouldn’t happen, because it can, and it has. Even the infotainment system on a car can crash, leaving the driver with zero ability to tell what car is doing; it happened to a nearly new Mercedes at work, as it left the workshop the entire dash display went black, making it impossible to drive the car.
I made a deliberate decision to buy a car with the minimum reliance of fancy electronics – it has a proper handbrake, not an electronic one, the dash is fully analog, the only digital info is a small central display, and the screen for radio, satnav and reversing camera.
Don't ever fly on a modern jet aircraft or travel on the Tube, and make sure you keep all your money in cash in a safety deposit box or under your bed, because they're much safer than banks which rely almost entirely on electronic communications to manage your accounts.
And the most common cause of mechanical failure with cars, is tyre failure. I hope you don't use pneumatic tyres on your cars...
And the most common cause of mechanical failure with cars, is tyre failure. I hope you don’t use pneumatic tyres on your cars…
Don't tell him most crashes are not caused by the mechanical or electronic failures, but by the bag of skin sat controlling the tin box on wheels....
You can't compare the Telegraph with the Daily Mail,
With the Mail, you can go online and read a story accompanied by a tsunami of hate filled comments.
With the Telegraph you can go online, click on a headline where the article itself is hidden behind a paywall but the tsunami of (un-moderated but encouraged) hate filled comments are still visible.
Pure hatebait.
the Challenger disaster was caused by a failed rubber grommet
In my view it was caused by senior managers knowingly ignoring the performance limits of the rubber grommet. Although it broke, the grommet performed the way the engineers expected it to.