Auto Fatalities...in the House   

   After our neighbor died, his son came south to deal with the house and everything not nailed down. Including the automobile.

   He asked to park his father's Hyundai Genesis in our driveway for a couple days. 

   Seeing that it was loaded with keepsakes etc., to be shipped north with the car, we decided to park it securely in our garage. This was my first experience with push-button ignition. 

   Somehow, I knew to push the start/stop button to shut off the engine. Otherwise, Mrs. Donut and I might have joined our neighbor in the ever-after.

   Most of us have an unconscious habit - turning a key to shut off our vehicle. That's becoming a problem for drivers with newer, keyless buttons...especially the elderly who might not hear quieter engines. 

   More than two dozen people have died from carbon monoxide, after a keyless vehicle continued running in a garage. Dozens have suffered injury, some with brain damage.

   Keyless ignitions are standard in more than half the new vehicles sold in the U.S., according to Edmunds. Toyota models account for almost half the deaths and injuries.

   What to do?

   The Society of Automotive Engineers and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration have proposed inexpensive ways to shut off the engine, or sound warnings. It cost GM only $5 per car - recalls - to install automatic shutoff in 2015. Ford provides a similar feature in new cars.

   But the auto industry opposes mandatory regulations. Since the traffic safety administration postponed adopting regs - for the third time - 21 people have died. 

NYT

      Jimmy

PS. We drove our neighbor's Genesis out to the main street where a long flatbed truck awaited. We pushed the STOP button, and stood by until our "guest" - with a mounted deer head riding shotgun - was securely chained and on its way to New Jersey.