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by 866-RON-0-FEZ 19 days ago
I bet you would blame the automotive engineers too after reversing your car through the garage door.
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> There are two very similar holes next to one another that can receive the pin, there's a picture at the bottom here : https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/318989

> Wondering if the same mishap is behind it again.

I'm commenting on the genius of this design. Even if yesterday's accident isn't due to this design, how dumb can you be to design something like that, it's what Murphy's Law says to not do.

You mean like the death of Anton Yelchin, where poor gearshift design made it incredibly easy to confuse whether the car was in gear or in park?

Yeah, that is indeed primarily on the engineers.

What kind of person parks on a hill without setting the parking brake?
Well, Chekov is not Scotty
Advice: You really should look up how the engineers designed the gear lever, before voicing more of your ignorant "knowledge".

Edit: Oh you're talking about the parking brake, not the gear lever. Smells of victim-blaming.