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Re:Why Do Cars Have Brakes? by luser001 on Tuesday February 12, 2013 @12:13PM (#5208036)
IIRC, even manual transmissions have a speed limiter that will prevent you from shifting into 1st at 100 mph.
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Re:Why Do Cars Have Brakes? by roel_v on Tuesday February 12, 2013 @12:25PM (#5208105)
Maybe on fancy transmissions, but the Citroen I used to drive certainly didn't. Never tried at 100km/h, but I did sometimes accidentally switch to the wrong gear at lower speeds (like switching to 2 or 3 while driving 80) and it never stopped me.
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Re:Why Do Cars Have Brakes? by X-Istence on Tuesday February 12, 2013 @12:32PM (#5208152)
You can always force it ... but in general there is some protection that at least makes a lot more difficult to move to 1st/2nd when doing 100 km/h. Third and fourth are no issues.
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