Originally Posted by
Inertianinja
I believe that to pass certification with the FCC (and its counterparts in other countries), wireless devices cannot emit "harmful interference." i'm sure someone out there knows the answer better than i do.
It's kinda the opposite, at least from what I can read on electronic devices -- they "must accept" radiation that may cause unwanted operation. Something like that, anyway.
Originally Posted by
Dolamite02
I'd have a hard time loosing the feel of the brakes in my hand. There's a lot of feedback you get through gentle modulation of the brakes which couldn't be transferred electronically.
Great point.
Originally Posted by
Right Said Fred
Redundancy. Automotive ABS systems use electronics to enhance braking efectiveness, but there is still an underlying hydraulic system to fall back on in the event of electronic failure. Without that, I would have no interest in fully electronic braking.
Not exactly. ABS systems (and the newfangled collision-avoidance systems) add modulation pulses to the hydraulic system that's already in place, but it's not redundancy. If a brake line pops and you lose the brake fluid, you ain't got no more brakes. The good thing is that it takes more than one or two presses of the brake pedal to lose them entirely.