Actually, the solution’s been built into my Harley-Davidsons (and all other street motorcycles) for a little bit less than forever. Well, since they legislated standardized controls, in any case.
What is it? It’s a real, honest-to-goodness stop switch.
Unlike Toyota‘s Prius, this switch is located right where it belongs, just a short reach for your right thumb, the switch produces immediate, predictable, certain results.
The engine stops.
You don’t need to hunt for the button. You don’t need to hold it for 30 seconds. Because when you need to stop the engine you need to stop the engine, and every millisecond counts.
There you have it!
Where’s my prize? Edmunds? Obama? Who’s got it?
Hey wait a second, thats not a Stop switch, thats a Run switch. similar to a Stop pedal vs a Go pedal on a car…
Did you mistake one switch for another? sorta like mistaking one pedal for another?
Nahh that can’t happen to an expert, can it?
Very nice, but if it also locked your steering and killed your brakes when you pressed it, you wouldn’t use it at highway speeds either…
In most of these cases the fault sits between the steering wheel and the seat. Put a Kill switch on the driver and we have a solution!