One possible use of this technology is to provide context information from the car, something like the engine speed has reached 2000 rpm, the parking brake has been disengaged, the transmission gear is in drive and the brake pedal is fully off the floor.

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The pilots then use their usual controls to steer with the nose wheel (which in turn steers the TaxiBot) and to brake with the main landing gear.

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Gear whine, brake chirr, driveline snatch.

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Stuck in second gear with a squirrelly front brake, I finally gave up all hope of a swim.

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Then I slipped into gear, released the hand brake, and pulled away, leaving him there in the slow, dark sleet.

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He did not note that he had ignored large yellow signs instructing him to shift his truck into a low gear (evidenced by police photographs of his brake pads).

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