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Old 12-13-2008, 05:33 PM   #29 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by jamesqf View Post
You know, it always puzzles me when some new technology gets slammed due to some remotely-possible safety problem, by people who blythely ride around in close proximity to 10 gallons or more of highly-flammable liquid fuel which is perfectly capable of turning their car into a blazing inferno if things go wrong. And it does happen, even if not with quite the regularlity that Hollywood chase scenes would have you expect :-) So why haven't we abandoned the internal combustion engine because of these issues?
If the main-bearings of the crankshaft seize on an IC engine,the car merely stops in it's tracks,something a nearby defensive driver could adjust for if encountered.This would not be the case for a car with un-predictable behavior.
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