That was the plan, but he couldn't figure out how to give all our defense tech to China in the process - so he didn't see the effort as being worthwhile.

Lack of diversity in investments -- bet everything on Bonds. No traditional risk management, but they did have an ESG dept. Sounds kinda like wokeness over prudence.

More likely because a conservative would follow the constitution that puts all power not specifically enumerated to the Federal Government to the states and the people -- i.e. Individual Liberty.

You are referring to Right-Wing Progressives. This is wildly different from conservatism.

You can't use statistics. Numbers are racist. Doesn't matter if they're true -- if the outcome doesn't fit an agenda, it's racist. It just is.

Remember that next time you are being gunned down. It's not your job to pass judgement, don't stop the assailant -- that's a judges job. Be sure to set an appointment for that hearing. I'm sure it will be highly effective, and lives will be saved.

It did spiral out of control quickly, which is why the perpetrator was eliminated. Let's not use the wrong word here -- he wasn't SUSPECTED of the crimes. He was actively perpetrating them. Lethal force was absolutely warranted.

If the press was doing it's job, the public outcry would make what just happened an impossibility. You're in denial.

Mosiac Law was fulfilled and replaced by Christ. Thus CHRISTianity does not espouse and eye for an eye.

Unless it's an automatic, in which case you may need to leave the engine on while utilizing the transmission's braking bands. I've never tried that with the car in off, but I understand that most automatic transmissions require pressure from the PTO side and will not get it from the wheels.

Hang on there now... You just told us that he can SEE what gear he is in, but that he has no physical way of knowing.

That puts 100% of the blame on the driver. He knew the shifter was different when he purchased the vehicle, he chose the vehicle, he bought it. No one removed or altered the mechanism after this purchase. The display was present and accurately confirmed that he was not in park. He also chose not to use the parking brake.

How about placing the blame where it belongs -- 100% on the poor guy who got rolled by his own car. That's really a crappy way to go.

Caveat: All of the above is based on "facts" from this thread. If the gearbox did actually display that the vehicle was in park when it was not, then the manufacturer would be 50% responsible - with the user 50% responsible for not using the brake.

Publicity leads to frivolous lawsuits. At the end of the day, he died because he failed to use the safety features available to him. This thread illustrates that many of us are guilty of the same. However the fact still remains that he failed to set the parking brake, and then fought a vehicle with decent ground clearance instead of falling flat to the ground and letting it roll over him -- or getting out of the way. The shifter is a problem, but it is only one part of a multiple step process. The user chose to ignore the primary parking brake and was killed as a result of that decision. It's very unfortunate, and even more so that rather than using this incident to promote safety awareness (which would actually save more lives) -- we have to focus on finding someone to sue.

If it's a hand-brake, yes you can control it. If it's a foot-brake, then you are correct -- control is out the window. The necessary caveat is that there is no hydraulic assist, and it will require some upper body strength to utilize as an emergency brake (and it's tied to the rear wheels -- which are responsible for 30% of your braking). It's going to take a lot longer to stop.

We don't need the brake because we can apply the brake. Gotcha.

Not at all. The handbrake is the primary brake. You are supposed to engage it first.

Prior to the electronic transmissions, you would often find it very difficult to move the shifter out of "Park" if you were on an incline and had not FIRST set the parking brake. This was due to the stress being placed on the prawl. The parking brake has always been meant as the primary means of holding the vehicle stationary with the transmission as a backup. This is true of both manual and automatic transmissions.

Rampant driver ignorance aside.

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