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The Darwin award implies people "eliminate themselves in an extraordinarily idiotic manner". I don't think that doing what you were doing for years without any

The Darwin award implies people "eliminate themselves in an extraordinarily idiotic manner". I don't think that doing what you were doing for years without any danger is now considered idiocy. It's like in 40 years a toaster or an oven keeps running if you don't disable it through your "home controlling mental device" and burn your house to the ground while you are sleeping. Oh, and you cannot opt-out of the "mental device", you have to use it like it or not. Old people have the mental muscle to think "I have the car keys with me, therefore the engine is off" built after decades. It's a serious design flaw to not offer at least an opt-out for these people (like key not IN the car, engine shuts off).

SmellyGeekBoy 8y ago
I'm surprised this is even allowed, in the UK it is illegal to leave a car unoccupied on a public road with the engine running. Obviously we're talking about private garages in this case, but the technical ability to have the car running with nobody in it seems to run counter to the spirit of the law.
- coriny 8y ago
  As far as I'm aware, cars are modified for the UK market and they're not allowed to do this - I think normally a start/stop button is added and an alarm goes off if you get out of the car with it running.
- 0xfeba 8y ago
  Do you feel the same about speed limits, or minimum following distance? Because cars could enforce those now.
- HeyLaughingBoy 8y ago
  Where I live, the temperature regularly goes well below 0F every winter. If I start my car and get into it right away, it will be at least 10 minutes before it becomes noticeably warmer. In colder climates (e.g., further North in this State), people may leave diesel vehicles idling for hours while at work, etc., because it can be so difficult to restart them outdoors in the cold. There's a reason people start their cars and leave them running for a while.

SmellyGeekBoy 8y ago

I'm surprised this is even allowed, in the UK it is illegal to leave a car unoccupied on a public road with the engine running. Obviously we're talking about private garages in this case, but the technical ability to have the car running with nobody in it seems to run counter to the spirit of the law.

coriny 8y ago
As far as I'm aware, cars are modified for the UK market and they're not allowed to do this - I think normally a start/stop button is added and an alarm goes off if you get out of the car with it running.
0xfeba 8y ago
Do you feel the same about speed limits, or minimum following distance? Because cars could enforce those now.
HeyLaughingBoy 8y ago
Where I live, the temperature regularly goes well below 0F every winter. If I start my car and get into it right away, it will be at least 10 minutes before it becomes noticeably warmer. In colder climates (e.g., further North in this State), people may leave diesel vehicles idling for hours while at work, etc., because it can be so difficult to restart them outdoors in the cold. There's a reason people start their cars and leave them running for a while.