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{{a|people|[[File:Steerco.gif|450px|thumb|center|A steering committee, yesterday.]]}}{{d|Steering committee|/ˈstɪərɪŋ/ /kəˈmɪti/|n|}}We do not find it remarkable that, in a century and a half of automotive technology, the drafters of the Highway Code have never once found the space to sanction the operation of a motor-vehicle by consensus. A car is more likely — these days, ''far'' more likely — effectively to drive itself than it is to be driven by a committee. | {{a|people|[[File:Steerco.gif|450px|thumb|center|A steering committee, yesterday.]]}}{{d|Steering committee|/ˈstɪərɪŋ/ /kəˈmɪti/|n|}} | ||
We do not find it remarkable that, in a century and a half of automotive technology, the drafters of the Highway Code have never once found the space to sanction the operation of a motor-vehicle by consensus. A car is more likely — these days, ''far'' more likely — effectively to drive itself than it is to be driven by a committee. | |||
A committee will steer it into the nearest wall. Indeed, only the physical impossibility of the same unitary object travelling in two directions at once would prevent a committee steering into ''every'' wall. | A committee will steer it into the nearest wall. Indeed, only the physical impossibility of the same unitary object travelling in two directions at once would prevent a committee steering into ''every'' wall. | ||