<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 3, 2015 at 8:38 AM, tom <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:thomas.w.cranston@gmail.com" target="_blank">thomas.w.cranston@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">You are assuming a completely fly by wire car. Are there any today?
</blockquote></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div>Not "completely"; rather, just enough of the system to remove mechanical linkages for ignition/transmission (i.e., those portions cited as a way to deal with UA).</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br>See <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shift_by_wire">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shift_by_wire</a> for a nice list of makes/models that have implemented the transmission portion; the ignition portion seems to be pretty widespread (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drive_by_wire#Uses_in_passenger_cars">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drive_by_wire#Uses_in_passenger_cars</a> )</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div></div>