On Tue, 29 Mar 2016 16:57:21 -0400, Stormin Mormon wrote:

On 3/29/2016 4:29 PM, Gordon Shumway wrote:
On Tue, 29 Mar 2016 12:08:25 -0700, Malcom Mal Reynolds wrote:

saw a news story about the danger of keyless ignitions, seems a small
subset of the drivers often forget to actually hit the start/stop button
to actually turn the car off. One woman said that this happened to her
and she woke up to her kids screaming headache, deciding to take the kid
to the ER she opened the garage door and was overwhelmed by the fumes
after having left the car run for 5 hours.


No, no, no. The problem here is stupidity. I've always thought stupid should be painful, but unfortunately it was only
painful for her offspring.

No matter how idiot-proof one makes something there will always be a higher grade of idiot to overcome the design.


Amazing, the things people do now days.
Did this used to happen, back when?

I remember back in the late fifties and early sixties GM, maybe other makes as well, had an ignition switch that the driver
could remove the key with the engine still running. The driver could shut the engine off at a later time without the key. At
that point no key was needed to start or stop the engine until such time that the owner wanted to "lock" the ignition. I
didn't hear of any mass deaths because previous generations seemed to be more intelligent.

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This is what happens when everyone gets a trophy.
This is what happens when everyone is moved up to the next grade because of the "No one left behind" edict.
This is what happens when liars and idiots are elected to public office!