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From: kitten@pertec.UUCP (karen hettinger)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Who is Liable, ad nauseum...
Message-ID: <141@pertec.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 5-Jun-84 22:39:06 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jun  5 22:39:06 1984
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In regards to the Ford transmissions, try this little test.  It works the
same, whether you drive a manual or automatic:

1. Do this in a place where no one can get hurt.  With your emergency/
parking/hand brake on, put it in reverse and back up.

2. Now, slowly try to move forward.  Little difficult now, eh?  Maybe stalled
out?

Emergency/parking/hand brakes are such that it allows the car to move
in reverse (although it's not good for the brakes), but not very easily
in forward gears.  So in my opinion, the point of having one'sbrake on
is mute.  Many people need to have there cars running for legitimate
purposes: mechanics, DIY's, people giving jump starts, etc.  For an
automatic, PARK is (supposively) the safest thing to do, as it (supposively)
locks the transmission so the car can't move, as opposed to putting it in
NEUTRAL.

I rest my case.

kitten