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To: Raymond Duray who wrote (10319)	2/2/2001 7:57:52 PM
From: JayPC	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12823

Hi Ray, In 1996, I went to a Cadillac ride and drive, sponsored by GM. You get to race a Caddy against another person (complete with yellow yellow yellow green lights, it was damn fun!) through a winding closed track. There was also a formula one driver there (I don't remember who) who was demonstrating Cadillac's newest driving system. Without really telling us what was going to happen, 3 of us put on crash helmets, and piled into the Caddy. He took off, reached 50 miles and hour and cranked the wheel. We slammed against the side of the car as the back fishtailed. He regained control and pulled out of the fishtail and drove us back to the start. He then turned on what I believe they now call Stabilitrack. And we took off again. Same speed, he cranked the wheel and we did a sharp but very manageable turn. Stabilitrack adjusted for the drivers purposeful mistakes, braking and accelerating to avoid the fishtail. That same year I bought a Trans Am with Traction Control (pretty much standard now). When turned on, it would not allow me to spin the wheels ( i had it turned off mostly!). I'm in Frank's camp on the breathlessness of receiving that last detail on the presentation/contract on-the-fly at 100kmh. We're all in a mad dash, it's just not clear where we are headed, or if we are even heading the best direction. I'm with you there too. However, these types of advancements are leading to greater and greater degrees of automation. Point to Point automation seems to be the ultimate final step. Imagine the fun in San Diego County on the I-15 automated lanes when the electronics laden helos from Miramar NAS do a flyover on OFDM controlled lanes. Thats a very good point. Perhaps the automation in each vehicle needs to be independent of the others. If i'm driving my Pinto down the I-15 in 2010, will I have to buy an OFDM adaptor? What if I dont? Regards Jay