Word: gearshifts
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...gearshift indicators of automatic transmissions, "drive" and "reverse" must be separated by a neutral position between to ensure that cars will not be accidentally shifted into the wrong gear. The forward speed henceforth must also include a "braking effect" at 25 m.p.h. or less when a driver takes his foot off the gas pedal...
...HONDA: Gearshift problems possibly resulting in overabrupt deceleration in '67 CT-90 motorcycles...
...collision, everything in the car flies forward at its original velocity, particularly the passengers. Like hammers striking nails, they ram into lethal little things: gearshift levers, air-conditioning ducts, ignition switches, chrome decorations on seats, glove compartments. One-fifth of the passenger fatalities result from being impaled by the steering wheel. The most dangerous place in the car is right next to the driver, the so-called death seat. Three-fifths of all passenger deaths are caused by striking the instrument panel, the roof, the windshield or its pillars, or being thrown from...
...increase those totals, the company has invested $90 million to build a modern factory at Arese, just outside Milan. Luraghi expects to double output in seven years by turning out cars that appeal to the everyday driver whose Fangio instincts are stirred by a six-speed manual gearshift and easy acceleration to 100 m.p.h...
Ordinarily, a steering column is rigidly clamped at two points by collar-shaped steel brackets. In the G.M. design, the brackets are lined with plastic, which gives way on impact. Thus freed, the steering column collapses: one section of the column, made of steel mesh, crumples, while the gearshift tube and steering rod are telescoped, thereby shortening the column's length a total of 81 in. Presumably the auto companies will pass the added cost of the new safety features-about $15 for the column and $5 for the brakes-directly on to the customers...