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Old 01-07-2022, 02:11 PM   #9 (permalink)
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It won't be implemented as written currently. First time a kid dies in a car of heat stroke because it turned off, they'll rethink things.

I take my seatbelt off all the time to take a coat off, for instance. It would be more dangerous to kill the engine than the few seconds of being unbelted. Plus, those switches go bad frequently enough to cause problems.

Anyhow, I'll circumvent it so this doesn't apply to me. Reminds me of bypassing the engine kill switch on the seat of the lawnmower. It would shut off whenever I layed backwards to duck under tree branches, which would stop the mower right under them trapping me. Just because I'm not in the seat doesn't mean I don't want to continue driving.
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