Re: Disc brake maintenance tips

On 6/24/2024 10:57 AM, AMuzi wrote:

On 6/24/2024 8:44 AM, Rolf Mantel wrote:

Am 24.06.2024 um 02:40 schrieb AMuzi:
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In fairness, Mr Forester wrote a very long time ago and assumed automobile pilots were neither homicidal maniacs nor stoned out of their minds. This isn't as true now. He also wrote before walk-around telephones; now every other driver is consumed with denigrating some kid in a chatroom with his thumbs while wandering across lane lines...

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.. and many modern cars, like mine, already ensure they stay in lane and keep enough distance to the car or bike ahead.
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By 2040, these kind of safety features will be present in more than 90% of the cars, so it will be meaningful for a cyclist to make sure the car LIDAR has seen him rather than the car driver...

 Does that feature mean a driver cannot move over (slightly out of lane) to give courteous space when passing a cyclist? I don't know.

My car has lane departure warnings (beeps) plus selectable "Lane Centering Assist." Its camera looks for things like lane lines and either beeps or gently turns the wheel to try to keep the car centered in the lane.
But the force applied is low, and very easily overcome when I choose to do so.
Also, using the turn indicator (a strange concept for most American drivers!) disengages both those systems until the maneuver is complete.
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