This is a real problem. It needs at least 2 redundant safety features, an alarm plus something else.
This is a real problem. It needs at least 2 redundant safety features, an alarm plus something else.
This article is much milder about this than some I've read, maybe a bit too mild. Plus, while the fire dept is correct that a CO detector in the house could have saved lives, you shouldn't have to worry about your car killing you in an attached garage. That's victim blaming and the writer and editor should get a demerit for that being in the article at all, nevermind the closing statement.
http://money.cnn.com/2018/05/14/autos/key-fob-safety-carbon-monoxide/index.html
http://money.cnn.com/2018/05/14/autos/key-fob-safety-carbon-monoxide/index.html
This article is much milder about this than some I've read, maybe a bit too mild. Plus, while the fire dept is correct that a CO detector in the house could have saved lives, you shouldn't have to worry about your car killing you in an attached garage. That's victim blaming and the writer and editor should get a demerit for that being in the article at all, nevermind the closing statement.
http://money.cnn.com/2018/05/14/autos/key-fob-safety-carbon-monoxide/index.html
http://money.cnn.com/2018/05/14/autos/key-fob-safety-carbon-monoxide/index.html
There was a discussion about this in MetaFilter yesterday, during the course of which I learned that my cars (and of all similar year Hyundais') behaviors of beepbeepbeepscreaming its head off if I start the car and step out to scrape ice or something, whether I leave the keyfob in there or take them out, is not universal among cars. And then I was enlightened, by which I mean baffled.
ReplyDeleteZeynep Dilli people used to allege that there are climates in which it is absolutely necessary to start cars 15 minutes before you can actually start using them.
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