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Originally Posted by sixto
As I recall, the interlock came to be because licensed adults couldn't be bothered to check that the car was in P or N before engaging the starter, nor apply the brakes when starting the engine as a matter of habit.
Whatever the incidence of knocking a shift lever out of P, it wasn't enough impetus of the DOT to take action.
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http://www.nhtsa.gov/Vehicle+Safety/Formal+Agreement+Reached+on+Brake+Transmission+System+Interlock+(BTSI)
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NHTSA announced on August 17, 2006, a formal agreement with the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers and the Association of International Automobile Manufacturers to ensure that all vehicles sold in the U.S. with automatic transmissions will be equipped with "brake transmission system interlocks" to prevent children from moving the shift mechanisms out of park.
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I'm sure there are plenty of good and not so good reasons for the BTSI interlock, one of them appears to be to stop little ones from knocking a car out of Park.
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