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Old January 12th 20, 12:28 AM posted to uk.rec.cycling,uk.transport,uk.rec.driving
TMS320
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Default What is the biggest cause of road accidents in the UK?

On 11/01/2020 20:54, Nick Finnigan wrote:
On 11/01/2020 14:25, TMS320 wrote:

I expect designers have realised that suitable gaps change according
to conditions.


Do you have much experience of software designers?


Yes.

This is not a government project where the lowest bidder is given the
job but something several competing companies are working on; they can't
all make the same mistakes.

If something only shows up after many thousands of hours of testing, it
will much more obscure than a discussion on a newsgroup can have thought
about.
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Old January 25th 20, 10:19 AM posted to uk.rec.cycling,uk.transport,uk.rec.driving
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Default What is the biggest cause of road accidents in the UK?

On 11/01/2020 23:28, TMS320 wrote:
On 11/01/2020 20:54, Nick Finnigan wrote:
On 11/01/2020 14:25, TMS320 wrote:

I expect designers have realised that suitable gaps change according to
conditions.


Â*Do you have much experience of software designers?


Yes.

This is not a government project where the lowest bidder is given the job
but something several competing companies are working on; they can't all
make the same mistakes.


If they are based in the US, yes they can.

If something only shows up after many thousands of hours of testing, it
will much more obscure than a discussion on a newsgroup can have thought
about.


No it isn't. Millions of hours of testing in a sparsely populated US
state will fail to show issues which are obvious to newsgroup posters in
other countries.
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Old January 25th 20, 11:37 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling,uk.transport,uk.rec.driving
TMS320
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Default What is the biggest cause of road accidents in the UK?

On 25/01/2020 09:19, Nick Finnigan wrote:
On 11/01/2020 23:28, TMS320 wrote:
On 11/01/2020 20:54, Nick Finnigan wrote:
On 11/01/2020 14:25, TMS320 wrote:

I expect designers have realised that suitable gaps change according
to conditions.

Â*Do you have much experience of software designers?


Yes.

This is not a government project where the lowest bidder is given the
job but something several competing companies are working on; they
can't all make the same mistakes.


If they are based in the US, yes they can.

If something only shows up after many thousands of hours of testing,
it will much more obscure than a discussion on a newsgroup can have
thought about.


No it isn't. Millions of hours of testing in a sparsely populated US
state will fail to show issues which are obvious to newsgroup posters in
other countries.


If only ever tested in sparsely populated US states, flaws would show up
within 3 minutes when tried in Europe.
 




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