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From: c23reg@kocrsv01.delcoelect.com (Ron Gaskins)
Subject: Re: Dumbest automotive concepts of all tim
Message-ID: <1993Apr20.181433.23514@kocrsv01.delcoelect.com>
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Keywords: Dimmer switch location (repost)
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Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1993 18:14:33 GMT
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In article <1993Apr8.233443.22590@exu.ericsson.se>, exulox@exu.ericsson.se (Lasse Ohlsson, T/TDT, 1129) writes:
> In article 23250@cas.org, sdm24@cas.org () writes:
> >IMHO, the dumbest thing we *ever* did in copying the Japanese was moving the
> >dimmer switch from the floor to the lever controlling the turn signal/cruise
 
The federal government has mandated that all passenger cars by model year
'95 return to the floor mounted dimmer switch.

A study by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has
found that an unacceptable percentage of after dusk collisions were the
direct result of unskilled drivers getting their left foot stuck in the
steering wheel :-)

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Ron Gaskins                                 c23reg@koptsw21.delcoelect.com
Automotive Electronic Systems               Delco Electronics
GM Hughes Electronics, Kokomo, IN 46904  
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Ron Gaskins                                 c23reg@koptsw21.delcoelect.com
Automotive Electronic Systems               Delco Electronics
GM Hughes Electronics, Kokomo, IN 46904  
