On 14/06/2016 22:16, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 14/06/16 21:37, dennis@home wrote:
On 14/06/2016 21:27, Adrian wrote:
On Tue, 14 Jun 2016 21:21:52 +0100, dennis@home wrote:

No they deliberately cheated on the tests

The tests applicable to the North American standards.

They also fail the EU ones.

That's never been shown. Seriously, it hasn't. The whole scandal - if
you actually dig into the reality, rather than the shock-and-awe
headlines - is over the US testing.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-34857404

Not been proven yet. Just that it "could".

They ran the tests and they failed.


They ran the tests, and they passed.


No, the cheat software detected a test situation and altered
the engine parameters to pass the test, but affected vehicle
driveability and performance. In the real world the
emissions fail the test. This is fraud. No wonder Angela is
getting seriously worried that the British, the EU cash cow
may be leaving.

why not put the same cheat software into NHS blood pressure
monitors so that people are given a normal reading when there
is actually a problem (*) ?. We could then save on all those
millions of free aspirins and statins and BP medicines being
handed out.

(*) for some people a static BP test after a 5 minute rest does
not show an actual problem. For this situation, most GPs have a portable
device that the patient wears for 24 hours and gives a more
realistic indication of BP.