Re: (ET) Alltrax install! (Off topic comment)

["David Roden" <etpost drmm net>]

On 7 Sep 2006 at 21:45, Mr23 wrote:

> heal switch

Is this a switch that when pressed heals all your health problems?  ;-)

Warning : way off topic material follows!  

When I was in driver's education in high school, we had to use a driving 
simulator - I think it was once or twice a week.  We sat in fake car seats 
behind fake instrument panels, pedals, and steering wheels.  The gadget 
ran 
a movie for 20 minutes or so.  We were supposed to watch the traffic on 
the 
screen, and accelerate, brake, and steer at the appropriate times.  

Those who didn't do it right were so notified at the end of the session.   
Mr. Dragovitch would stand up there and drone, "Number 14 killed the 
pedestrian; number 6 hit the parked car, number 17 knocked down the stop 
sign, number 4 was going 60 in the 35 zone ..."  

I very quickly discovered that although the simulator's (probably very 
crude) computer knew what my speedometer was reading, it didn't actually 
measure how much I turned the wheel or how hard I braked.  So I could turn 
the sharpest corners with just a nudge of the wheel, and stop for the 
basketball with the kid chasing it with a light tap of the brake.  This 
made 
for very easy driving.

But the best part was the gas gauge on the instrument panel.  If it read 
empty, I could fill up the tank just by pushing a little red button near 
the 
steering column.  Some student would always forgot to do it, though, and 
he 
would run out of gas.  Mr. Dragovitch would so intone at the end.

I really liked that button.  I keep trying to order ICE cars with a little 
red button like that, but I've never been able to find it on the option 
sheet.  But EVs and ETs come pretty doggone close!  You just have to plug 
'em in before you hit the button, that's all.  


David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA

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