If they consider "hazards of a vehicle idling in an enclosed space" as some kind of new thing, I weep for this nation.
Brad
Yet it still happens to normal human beings, and automatically putting the blame back on the consumer does not make sense. Remember that the next time you forget your house keys or to turn "something" off in the house when you leave.
Or leave a window open and it rains like hell while you're gone.
People forget. Fact.
I had a Datsun 310 GX with a well-balanced 4-cylinder engine which, when idling, was almost dead silent and vibrationless. It was like an electric motor somehow, and several times passengers had asked if the engine had died while we were stopped at a traffic light. Since I've always kept my car key on a small carabiner separate from my house keys, it happened at least twice that I got in the house and remembered I had left the key in the car with it running.
I ain't as perfect as some folks, I guess.
I'd still like to see the details on the "13 deaths," but reflexedly shifting blame back to the consumer for what might very possibly become a more frequent problem don't cut it nohow for me. It's clear this
might soon be considered a design or manufacturing defect. We'll see if the outcome of that suit confirms my view or yours.
But if I had an extra ten bucks, I'd bet it on a shut your mouth/out of court settlement to avoid having the details get too public, and then a quiet redesign to eliminate the problem.
Terry, 230RN