add technology to older cars

[Fed]

The other type rokwiz, the ones that tell you how far away you are from the car behind you.

[klyson]

A safety feature which might be useful is when the car recognises that you are tired because your driving style deteriorated - it would recognise that you are falling asleep behind the wheel and the wheeldrive would buzz. I have this feature in my Ford but never seen it working.

[roKWiz]

Originally Posted by klyson

A safety feature which might be useful is when the car recognises that you are tired because your driving style deteriorated - it would recognise that you are falling asleep behind the wheel and the wheeldrive would buzz. I have this feature in my Ford but never seen it working.

Just as well.
Didn't the VW Golf have this. ? or an electric shock like the NSW transport minister was suggesting for truckies. Where to they find these pollies ?

[commodorenutt]

Originally Posted by roKWiz

Where to they find these pollies ?

In the designated smoking area, chatting up the younger staffers, to take them home to bed.....

[klyson]

Originally Posted by roKWiz

Just as well.
Didn't the VW Golf have this. ? or an electric shock like the NSW transport minister was suggesting for truckies. Where to they find these pollies ?

In South Park cartoon Cartman had an V-chip implant - that was very funny, because he was swearing a lot.
“The V-chip is a small device that administers an electrical shock to an individual whenever they use vulgar language.” The minister must have been a South Park fan.

[BPXR6T]

I hear flux capacitors do great things for old cars.

[Bossxr8]

Originally Posted by BPXR6T

I hear flux capacitors do great things for old cars.

Only if you go over 88mph.

[commodorenutt]

Cameras, cameras everywhere....

[roddy1960]

How about a just arrived in the country" Asian tourist driver warning sensor". That'd be handy cos' the bulk have no idea about Aussie road rules. They make even the most frustrating campervan-ers look like the best drivers.I think some get their licences out of corn flakes packets ..

[commodorenutt]

You can already spot them a mile away though.

[.:4:.]

Forward eyesight crash detection can be as simple as a trip to opsm if you are short sighted, convex (or blindspot) mirrors can also be used as blind spot monitoring. As for reversing my sensor which i have only used once is the tow bar and that makes an audible thunk and jolts the car. Anything can be installed, but its the cost that varies.

[roddy1960]

Originally Posted by commodorenutt

You can already spot them a mile away though.

Latest episode of many of their exploits that I've come across over the years was a few weeks ago.
Approaching from opposite direction I saw a stalled or broken down car in the middle of the lane of a two lane local road that bends round Georges Bay. It turns out , not broken down but a group of Asian tourists that didn't seem to understand me.They stopped to take bloody photos of the bay early evening with no lights on or even hazard flashers . I tried to suggest there were much better and safer places to take photos but either they really didn't understand English, dismissed me or didn't care.
Beats me why not just Asians but anyone from a non English speaking country visiting doesn't have to prove a rudimentary knowledge of understanding signage , instruction etc and that they do hold a legitimate licence with minimum restrictions. Sometimes I wonder how they manage to get a rental car. Maybe they ought to have a road sign decipher system and mandatory crash avoidance aids in all rentals to help lessen the plethora of mistakes our visitors make. Too hard and expensive I suppose.

[DJR-351]

I once fitted a electric aerial to a XA Coupe