i think he wants a system that reacts just by the initiation of his thoughts... even the delays in the nerve pathways of his spinal cord in between his legs are too much of a delay for him to endure...

There also already steer-by-wire on production cars.

Those who complain about numb electric power steering.....prepare to complain summore

we can use system like Stephen Hawking's system, except got USB (or bluetooth) to connect to car engine

There also already steer-by-wire on production cars.

Those who complain about numb electric power steering.....prepare to complain summore

we can use system like Stephen Hawking's system, except got USB (or bluetooth) to connect to car engine

there are reasons why digital controls are yet to be implemented into 2 out of the 3 aspects of driving which is stopping and steering...

safety is one of it... if such system fails, it might very often mean the very end of whoever is on the controlling end and hence the stakes are larger compared to the acceleration aspect of driving...

Actually, there's a brake-by-wire project developed by Siemens VDO called EWB for automotive application.
However, the project already abandoned due to safety reasons.

USB would be more preferable for added physical security...there could be possibilities that someone can jam your bluetooth connection or worst, send instructions that do not originate from the actual controller and do harm... the wireless connection would need to be highly encrypted and secure and prevent possible interference from other similar systems in range..

but then, knowing people being people... they would just complain about the hassle of plugging in a cable everytime...

i guess you are pretty much getting things wrong here... digital throttle does not cause delay in throttle response... it is the deliberation of the manufacturer or a poor design that causes it... there is no doubt that electrical signals can travel through a sensor and wire as fast as the cable can react to the input by your foot... the only problem in the entire setup could only be the actuator motor that control the throttle plate not being able to turn in response fast enough hence a design factor...

and there is also reasons that manufacturers want to control over the throttle movements for reasons like prevent jerkiness in case the driver decided to feed too much throttle all of a sudden... the last batches of 2JZ VVTi motors actually introduced digital throttle which dampens throttle inputs i think by gear selection which in which way you look at it, might give it a smoother feel or safer as there would not be so much possibility of sending a surge of power to the driven wheels...

on the other hand, drive by wire systems in some cars (proton iafm manual) helps the driver to compensate for the lack of throttle (to a certain extend) if the engine is about to stall due to things like clutch not being released smoothly...

then on another side of things... digital throttle can be used to tune how the car reacts in different driving conditions like how most european marques like to add a "sport" mode to their cars...this can help sharpen up the throttle for spirited driving while turning it off will dull the throttle response down to make the car easier to drive in city driving...

if you are saying that DBW is the entire cause of all the conundrums... then you are indirectly saying that this proven technology is also a wrong direction in development in many other applications among things like fighter jets and the various robotics that are used in the medical / surgical field that might one day save your life...

the same reason why fly by wire exists in a F22 Raptor is because the design of the F22 Raptor is aerodynamically unstable which makes it impossible for a human being to fly the plane by itself and still focus on combat maneuvers.. this is why fly by wire is developed to be the intermediary between the pilot and the plane so that the pilot can tell the plane what it intends to get the plane to do by the electronics controls and the computer to command and make further decision on how to react to get the plane to do what the pilot wants it to do...

the same can be applied to cars of today if you see it that way... many other reasons can exists and it does not have to do with the car and yourself directly as it can be something as unrelated as emissions control or anything the engineers can think up which digital control systems can provide and be of assistance in the bigger picture...
many cars have throttle lag and especially worst.. throttle dampening in the first gear... if you are still driving your FD2R... consider investing in a hondata flash pro and you can play around with the "Target Throttle Plate" settings which will reveal a lot to you in terms of how the stock honda mapping is programmed... putting 50% throttle sometimes does not mean a 50% throttle plate opening on the throttle body for various reasons...

and there is reasons for throttle dampening to be applied in 1st gear as some cars might be a handful for some people in 1st gear which can be dangerous sometimes... you wouldn't want your GF to be ramming down the parking ticketing machine because she could not compensate the throttle properly for the incline where the ticketing machine is placed or your mother got startled by the amount of acceleration in 1st gear driving your car compared to her puny 1.0l city slugger....

as i say... in the bigger picture.. there is merits in such system being introduced... they can't make the car less sensible and go backwards just simply because you do not like it... that being said, there are always ways to get around it via aftermarket upgrades \ hacks and whatnot unless it is physically impossible to do so from a mechanical perspective...

The lag might be intentional, cause it makes the car more comfortable to drive. Have you never driven with someone who has bad control over his leg? Sometimes you're pushed into the seat, then no gas at all, you fly forward, then pushed into seat, ... imagine that with a car that has immediate throttle response.

unfortunately, the world revolves around TS... so he jus wants what he wants one way or the other... Honda / Toyota / Suzuki / Subaru / Kia / Hyundai / Ferrari / BMW / Merc / VW and who knows what will all have to do design their cars according to TS's needs if they intend to get his business...

very apparent that no argument is going to be valid from the start of the thread...

There's a reason why some cars come with different modes. Can set it to be responsive, can set it to be comfortable and fuel saving, depending on how you want it at this moment. Maybe the TS has to buy one of those cars?

you just painted the bigger picture... unfortunately and sadly, not the picture TS wanted...

sorry if you guys dont know what is throttle cable

There's a different between the 1st gen vios (cable) vs 2nd gen and the rest (dbw) - the response for the 1st is immediate, while the rest has a bit of a lag like .5 sec or so.

Here's your ahbeng solution to dbw lag