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From: guy@rlgvax.UUCP (Guy Harris)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: anti-lock brakes (again)
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Date: Mon, 9-Jul-84 18:33:32 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jul  9 18:33:32 1984
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> Another [law suit based] reason to squelch anti-lock brakes: no pretty
> black marks on the street for the investigators to measure. Collision
> mechanics would take a new twist ... computer simulation ... but who
> would like to have a computer testify against them.

I believe the German police opposed anti-lock brakes for that very reason.
Who cares whether the participants in the accident survive or not, what's
important is making sure you can analyze the accident afterwards and sort
out blame, right?  :-(

	Guy Harris
	{seismo,ihnp4,allegra}!rlgvax!guy