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Originally Posted by chrisny
Why on earth would a high speed test be done on any public road, instead of a controlled environment?? That sucks.
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Public road testing is part of all vehicle's validation process. This will include KM's on the Autobahn with no speed limits. Unfortunately, it's the occasional misjudgement of drivers that cause such accidents (whether the truck driver totally missed the 3 series when passing, or the test driver was driving past traffic at too high a speed).
When in Germany, I'll open the car up on wide open parts of the Autobahn, but I definitely slow down as I approach cars that occupy the next lane. You never know what the other driver is thinking.
Although you can put countless KM's on a car in close tracks, the auto industry relies heavily in longer term field testing. Should an auto company not be allowed to test a new braking or cruise control system in public, and just release it to the market?