To: TexasCajun
Even if a car has an automatic transmission, isn’t using the shift lever mechanical? If it is, you could shove the thing into “PARK” and stop it that way.
24 posted on
07/25/2013 2:02:29 PM PDT by
saminfl
To: saminfl
Even if a car has an automatic transmission, isn’t using the shift lever mechanical? On many models, no.
25 posted on
07/25/2013 2:05:32 PM PDT by
Navy Patriot
(Join the Democrats, it's not Fascism when WE do it, and the Constitution and law mean what WE say.)
To: saminfl
As a guy who has designed the park mechanism in an automatic transmission, I can tell you they are designed to NOT engage above a certain (low) speed. Otherwise it would rip the housing apart due to the forces involved.
36 posted on
07/25/2013 2:22:00 PM PDT by
nascarnation
(Baraq's economic policy: trickle up poverty)
To: saminfl
you could shove the thing into “PARK” and stop it that way. Only IF you still have control over the brake.
40 posted on
07/25/2013 2:26:28 PM PDT by
bgill
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To: saminfl
Put the car in neutral and jam on the emergency brake.
54 posted on
07/25/2013 2:41:39 PM PDT by
4yearlurker
(Democrats + Unions + Corruption= Detroit.)
To: saminfl
If you are at speed, PARK is not much better than NEUTRAL, as the locking pin will likely just snap.
The Prius however, does not have a mechanically linked transmission.
56 posted on
07/25/2013 2:44:43 PM PDT by
SampleMan
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