From: Ryan Gill (rmgill@mindspring.com)
Date: Wed Jul 14 2004 - 06:39:26 PDT
At 8:35 AM -0500 7/14/04, Joe Shannon wrote:
> I think some of the problem is as predicted
>by Gene Roddenberry, the Creator of the Star
>Trek Series. If we let the machines do the work
>for us we will soon forget how to do it
>ourselves. The age of the people driving these
>trucks has not allowed them to drive a civy
>vehicle without such conveniences as power
>steering and anti-lock brakes where in years
>past most of the recruits had a little idea
>about the "feel" of the vehicle.
There's also the point that more and more of
these vehicles are getting power steering and
automatic transmissions, among other things.
Oshkosh is building them that way and they're not
slouches in the field. Drive an M35 and then turn
around and drive one of the new trucks, you'll be
less fatigued after driving the newer truck.
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Ryan Gill rmgill@SPAMmindspring.com
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