[SystemSafety] Yet another supposedly-runaway car

[Martyn Thomas]

> On 3/7/13 6:44 PM, michael.ellims at tesco.net wrote:
>>
>> Peter wrote: “turn off the ignition" or "force it out of gear / force 
>> the automatic-shift lever into "Park".
>>
>> NEVER put a moving vehicle with an automatic transmission into 
>> Park!!!! This will lock the rear wheels as P engages the transmission 
>> lock. At speed this will result in the vehicle spinning. This is also 
>> probably impossible as you would have to go though Reverse to get 
>> there which would do the same thing – the gearshift is called a PRNDL 
>> for a reason ;-) 

How about Neutral? Would that stop the engine fighting the brakes and 
make it much easier to stop? Would some limiter stop the engine 
over-revving and doing damage?

Martyn