A better question: What kind of idiot parks a car, ANY car, without making sure it is shut down? There have been enough vehicles in the last 40 years that have provided nasty surprises when left running unattended that you’d have to be a complete moron to not make sure your internal combustion vehicle has shut down before leaving the area.
“What kind of idiot parks a car, ANY car, without making sure it is shut down”
Well, if you owned such a car you’d know that they are very quiet and some even shut off for a brief period.
I have BMW’s that shutoff when I stop, but they come on as needed, such as when I press the accelerator pedal or when the car detects the A/C needs charged.
If I press the off button, it does turn off, but the car looks off when it simply stops the engine.
So, no, it doesn’t take an idiot. It takes an idiot not to understand these things.
Well… you might do things with 100% perfection all the time but for the rest of us, we are only batting 0.999 repeater which apparently isn’t good enough. This has nothing to do with being an idiot or a moron, this simply has to do with probability that once in a rare while, this sort of event can occur. There may be extenuating circumstances for sure… most of which are already mentioned here and include the fact some of these cars now operate quite silently and if the radio was playing, the car’s engine simply might not be heard.
Suggestion for all… While everyone puts smoke and CO alarms close to bedrooms, it’s just as important to put alarms in the garage. It wasn’t because of keyless cars that I did it but it’s a good idea nevertheless and would have prevented this CO fatality. I wanted all the alarms in the garage in the garage first since there is a lot of work that goes on there and the last thing I want is for something to combust and turn into a roaring blaze while isolated from the house. And select alarms that talk to the other alarms in the house. That means that an alarm in the garage would have triggered the other ones in the house as well.