<br clear="all"><div><div>Well if you drive trying to avoid using your brakes you automatically don't waste fuel. It's a state of mind but of course you use your brakes.</div></div>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 2:11 PM, Emil Mitev <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:quanttrom@gmail.com">quanttrom@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
I have to agree with you there Darcy but there are circumstances in which breaking is absolutely necessary.<div><br></div><div>For example, what if the light happens NOT to have one of those second countdown thingies, then you don't know if it will change soon, or it won't change soon. You continue at your regular speed and see when you get there.</div>
<div><br></div><div>There was a study done recently on using cell phone cameras and cars in order to predict the state of the traffic lights ahead and drive at the optimal speed. It apparently works quite well but I can see pedestrians pressing the button and messing up your sequence.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Emil<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 5:06 PM, Darcy Whyte <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:darcy@siteware.com" target="_blank">darcy@siteware.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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I'm figuring that it will only work in some strange circumstances for cars (like if you live on a mountain).
<div><br></div><div><a href="http://incandescent.ca/a-case-for-regenerative-braking/" target="_blank">http://incandescent.ca/a-case-for-regenerative-braking/</a></div><div><br></div><div>What do you think?</div><div><br>
</div><div>The reason I dont' think it will work is that it's based on bad driving in the first place.</div>
<div><br></div><div>For instance when I see a red light (or anticipate it), I get off the gas and start coasting. I arrive at the light just when it's green. So I never piled on the gas to get to the red light, then hit the break, then had to get back up to speed. If you're driving properly in the first place you're not going to waste enough energy to recover.</div>
<div><br></div><div>To make it work for me, I'd have to intentionally accelerate towards a red light so I could then use the brakes.</div>
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