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Actually it shows the stupidity of keyless ignitions
Posted by ursaw (more from ursaw) on Thu, 19 Apr 2012 18:42:45
In Reply to: U.S. steps up probe of BMW 7-series crashes, Steve T., Mon, 16 Apr 2012 06:59:35
This is an artifact of the lame keyless ignition that has no point and creates problems. It really is stupid on multiple grounds.

With a key if you wanted your key out you needed to put it into park. Saab even made you put it into reverse with a manual. This simply makes sense.

The combination of a cut key and electronics also is clearly more secure. It is two factor authentication of sorts.

I need some place to put my darn keys any way. I'd rather have them in the ignition than my pocket or tosses in a console. I am not going to forget to take them with me if I use it to turn of the engine.

I still think it is faster and more intuitive to kill the engine with a key in an emergency. Combine that with steering columns that don't lock when doing so like many SAABs over the years and unlike most other keyed ignitions and you have a superior design that is safer.

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There is a place for complex systems but we have gotten too clever for our own good.



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