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[-] Mac@mander.xyz 2 points 3 months ago

This is your reminder that the 'park' state of a transmission is just a small pawl that is pushed into one of the gears. On uneven surfaces and/or with sufficient force the pawl can simply slip off the gear (or just break) and allow the vehicle to roll.

With electronic parking brakes on modern cars, i wonder if they can't be applied automagically after a few seconds of the vehicle being in park.

This is not an issue manual transmissions have, btw.

this post was submitted on 25 Apr 2025
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