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Really? That's a development I wasn't aware of. I'd also assumed that was the easy answer to "it's an actual emergency and we need to move this SUV". They reall

Really? That's a development I wasn't aware of. I'd also assumed that was the easy answer to "it's an actual emergency and we need to move this SUV". They really lock the car from shifting into neutral without a key? [EDIT] The more I think about this the more it bothers me. Being able to shift even if the car is partially disabled—including, quite possibly, whatever's responsible for reading a modern electronic key—is really important for safety, and also for generally dealing with a disabled car after it's come to a stop, which can also be safety-related if you're trying to, say, get it off a busy highway. Especially being able to get into neutral. That there's any possible way that failures in not-strictly-necessary-for-shifting systems could block that seems crazy to me.

jjulius 5y ago
They're not wrong, but they're also not entirely correct. Many vehicles have a panel beneath the wheel that has a release inside it for such a situation. It's just not easy/convenient. But playing devil's advocate, assuming that no modern car can be popped into neutral without a key, a car is still much more favorable than many parklets. You can easily break the glass to run firehouses through, or you can more easily run the hose over/under/around it because it's a smaller object than an outdoor dining space. Emergency crews can run between parked cars, but there often aren't any such opportunities in a 16-foot parklet.