Originally Posted by
jefnvk
Those buttons are stupid, but not for that reason. Hate having to cycle through in a linear fashion to get gars to the mode I need at work.
Yes. I'll certainly notice if my RPM gauge is not reading 0.
Bingo. Notice a commonality between all of them? Elderly, presumably with diminished senses if they did not notice their car was still on and running. Pretty hard to leave an idling vehicle running if you have any situational awareness at all.
Exactly... and if their situational awareness is that far gone... the last thing they should be doing is driving on public roads.
BTW...
Specifically, he suggests that drivers get to know what a car's gauge cluster looks like when the ignition is on and when it's off. If the gauges are still lit up, the car is still probably on. Hybrid cars, in particular, will have a dashboard light indicating the car is turned on and ready to drive.
http://money.cnn.com/2018/05/14/auto...ide/index.html
I mean really... if you don't pay enough attention to the gauges and lights, you probably shouldn't be driving...