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The Value of R.C.D.s

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There have been many discussions recently about R.C.D.s, whether they really are necessary, and is an installation necessarily unsafe if it is old and has no, or insufficient, R.C.D. protection.

 

Well consider this please. If you are driving and need to brake hard to save somebody from injury or death does that incident ever get reported. If you knocked somebody over due to having bad vehicle brakes then it might.

 

If an R.C.D. operates correctly and saves somebody from injury or death, does that every get reported? There may have been 10s, 100s or even thousands of cases where an R.C.D. has saved somebody from injury or death, but we will never know the numbers because of a lack of reporting of the cases.

 

Personally I like the idea of R.C.D. protection

 

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    Zoomup: 
    Are you always in control Chris? Sometimes the unexpected happens and then we need all the help that we can get. This is especially helpful if it is automatic and swift in operation.

    The last time that driving put the wind up me was on the M6 by Lancaster in good Lancashire weather. Cruise control was on. Then there was a puddle and the car started going sideways (well, not straight ahead) and I had to turn off the cruise control before it drove me into a lorry. New car has active lane assist, so sometimes, if I cross the white line it yanks the car sideways. Most disconcerting. Imagine that in F1!

    But I wanted to avoid motoring analogies because I don't think that they are appropriate.

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    Zoomup: 
    Are you always in control Chris? Sometimes the unexpected happens and then we need all the help that we can get. This is especially helpful if it is automatic and swift in operation.

    The last time that driving put the wind up me was on the M6 by Lancaster in good Lancashire weather. Cruise control was on. Then there was a puddle and the car started going sideways (well, not straight ahead) and I had to turn off the cruise control before it drove me into a lorry. New car has active lane assist, so sometimes, if I cross the white line it yanks the car sideways. Most disconcerting. Imagine that in F1!

    But I wanted to avoid motoring analogies because I don't think that they are appropriate.

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