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Out of gear coasting safety
It is often argued that out of gear coasting, be it in neutral or with the engine off, is dangerous, and even illegal in some places.
Why is that exactly? I have a hard time figuring that out.
The main argument I heard is that you are SOL if sudden acceleration is needed as an evasive maneuver. When exactly do you need to "accelerate suddenly as an evasive maneuver"? You might need to getting out of a driveway crossing oncoming traffic, but that's not quite a situation where you would be coasting. I tried to ask myself this question in a coasting situation, and I wasn't able to find any.
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