On Sun, 18 May 2014 14:16:58 -0500, Pete C. wrote:
Jeff Wisnia wrote:

This video by Machine Design magazine shows what is wrong.

The detent plunger was too short and it's spring too weak to firmly hold
the switch in the "run" position. So, extra weight on a keyring could
turn the ignition switch off. (By swinging I suppose.)

http://tinyurl.com/mdx67rn

Yes, so you end up with what is effectively a stalled vehicle. I still
fail to see how a stalled vehicle leads to deaths unless the operators
of such vehicles were not qualified to operate them to begin with.

Of the ignition-switch-problem deaths mentioned in recent news articles,
many involved marginal driving (eg 20 mph above safe speed) that people
ordinarily get away with, but when the power steering or power brakes
unexpectedly failed, the drivers ran off the road into trees or had
rollovers. Yes, the drivers were incompetent -- which I think is true
of most drivers nowadays -- but the ignition switch problem changed
the chance of a serious accident from say one in 100000 to one in 100.

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jiw