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or thrown it out of gear, or even used the handbrake to slow it a bit. Seems a bit ridiculous that nobody in the emergency services thought of any of these thi
by anblick 14y ago
or thrown it out of gear, or even used the handbrake to slow it a bit. Seems a bit ridiculous that nobody in the emergency services thought of any of these things ... something's not right.
From wikipedia:
> The Laguna featured a 'keyless' ignition system which, instead of a key, used a credit card style device to unlock the car and start the engine.
that might eliminate the first possibility: the car could be "clever" enough to not allow cutting the ignition while it's at speed. There's also mention of a model being shipped with a "proactive transmission", on which I can find this description:
> flick-shift, six-speed, proactive transmission
I suppose flick-shift might also be routed through the computer so you don't damage the machinery by attempting to put it into low gear or into park at speed ... or into neutral, I guess.
Are vehicles really being approved without mechanical failsafes?
- joezydeco 14y agoThe transmission sounds similar to the Steptronic or Tiptronic automatic transmissions. You can shift up and down all day long with the paddles, but you can't downshift into a gear that will redline the engine.
- Tyno 14y agoHe could have thrown the "key" out of the window, the car likely would have shut down as soon as it was out of range. I found this out the hard way, taking a similarly equipped car for a test drive.