Actual and gedanken experiments aiming to test properties of the Lorentz-Dirac equation are discussed. It is shove that a kind of gedanken experiment, where a charge accelerates in an external 6eld-free region, cannot be carried out in the laboratory. The numerical algorithm utilized for solving the resultant singular problem is discussed.PACS number(s): 03.50. De, 02.70.+d, 41.90.+e