I think it's steps for the tow truck operator to perform before they can tow the now-undriveable car. Like getting it in neutral, disabling parking break, maybe disconnecting batteries.

[–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yeah that sounds completely unessesary to have such features when they can be done manually and probably with better compatibility (I'm guessing Ford tow trucks only connect to their proprietary standard)

[–] jasondj@ttrpg.network 2 points 10 months ago

Modern cars have some stupid functions in the form of nicities.

How are you going to put a car in neutral if it’s a push-button shift that’s unresponsive because the infotainment system has to boot for the transmission control module (probably for some stupid reason like being able to display errors like this).

My wife’s minivan has a push button shift. And automatic headlights. You want to go to the drive-in? Gotta hit the (pushbutton) park-brake to disable the auto headlights. And the radio will turn off every 30 minutes during the movie to save battery.