> George said:
> One of my all-time auto peeves is cars with an interlock built into the
> clutch pedal, so it must be depressed before the engine can be started.
> Dumb! Dumb! Dumb! At this point the engine has ZERO oil pressure
> and gets this unnecessary thrust load on the crankshaft thrust bearings.
> Makes me crazy!
This is quite comparable to motorized mouse seat belts in terms of
"effects of legislative and litigious idiocy". The "must step on clutch"
idea was a reaction to the Audi 5000 lies about unintended acceleration.
Once it became clear that in fact what had happened was that a large
number of idiots couldn't be trusted to tell the difference between the
gas pedal and the brake pedal, lots of car companies decided that they had
to do something to protect themselves from such idiots - the result was
such bogosities as the clutch pedal interlock.
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John R. Lupien
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