Unintended Accel... Chevy Truck!

Kneale Brownson knotnook at traverse.com
Sat Jun 1 11:18:44 EDT 2002


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At 09:33 AM 06/01/2002 -0400, Brady Moffatt wrote:

>Will the steer-by-wire system on the Mercedes have triple redundancy or
>better, like the 747's must have? I doubt it, even on a Benz. If Audi did
>it, OTOH, I'm sure it would!

I believe the MB steering system is more like power-by-wire.  There's a
mechanical steering arrangement.  It's similar to the ABS-like traction
control systems where there's still a brake available if power boost fails.
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