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		asdsadasdasd123 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: My quest to make motorcycle riding that tad bit sa... Im surprised new cars dont just go off of a gyro decel reading, don't modern cars already have a gyro?

sokoloff 3 months ago [–]

An accelerometer would be a far better sensor than a gyro here. (You want to measure linear acceleration not angular velocity.)

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