When did they start the "push in clutch to start'?
11-03-07, 08:21 PM
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It�s one of 60 Minutes�s
greatest hits, a piece originally broadcast on November 23, 1986, titled "Out
of Control." As presented by veteran correspondent Ed Bradley, the 17-minute
segment showed compelling visual evidence that the Audi 5000, a German luxury
sedan, had a dangerous propensity to lurch forward on its own, even when the
driver�s foot was on the brake. This defect, dubbed "sudden acceleration," was
allegedly responsible for hundreds of accidents. The piece also included
dramatic interviews with six people who claimed that accidents they suffered
in their Audis were caused by the car. Two of the wrecks caused fatalities.
The unintended acceleration fiasco nearly put Audi out of business. This was really the second seminal moment in the creation of the Nanny State with regards to automobile safety(the first was Ralph Nader's book Unsafe at Any Speed
The starter interlock later became a Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard. I don't think it was the direct result of the 60 Min. controversy but those were heady times for the US Safety ****'s.
The starter interlock requirement of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 102, Transmission shift position sequence, starter interlock, and transmission braking effect (at S3.1.3) states ``the engine starter shall be inoperative when the transmission shift lever is in a forward or reverse drive position.'' The purpose of this requirement is to prevent injuries and death from the unexpected motion of a vehicle when the driver starts the vehicle with the transmission inadvertently in a forward or reverse gear.
I couldn't easily find when the rule went into effect, but I had a 1987 626 Turbo that did have it and a 1984 626 NA that did not; somewhere in 1987-1988 would be my educated guess.
11-04-07, 02:10 AM
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I think it's funny you don't have nearly as much experience with cars as you think you have...
The clutch-starter interlock is a safety feature to protect stupid people from themselves and others. It may be common in US cars but it's not as common elsewhere. Japanese FC's don't have it, my wife's 94 626 doesn't have it, and numerous other 90's car I've driven didn't have it either.
The clutch-starter interlock is a safety feature to protect stupid people from themselves and others. It may be common in US cars but it's not as common elsewhere. Japanese FC's don't have it, my wife's 94 626 doesn't have it, and numerous other 90's car I've driven didn't have it either.
11-04-07, 02:25 AM
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11-04-07, 03:01 PM
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One North American just got smarter a few minutes ago. I found out there is such a thing as a CELL PHONE JAMMER. And portable at that. Endless possibilities here. The telephone development should have stopped with the rotary dial phone and gone no further.
This Second Generation Lounge is a pretty good place, but I can't find the thread of the naked girls on it.
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