In article .com>,
> wrote:
> just popped in from alt legal, where a storm is brewing over this news
> article

> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/h...re/5094840.stm

It's old news in the UK and has been done to death.

> Can a 318 auto owner (past or present) tell me
> Is it possible to shift into neutral, from drive with the engine
> running ?

You can on any auto. Or just turn the engine off without removing the key
as any sensible person would have done - you'd have kept the power
steering and brakes down to about 30 mph before the TC allowed the engine
to stop. And the brakes would still work normally after that - only the
steering would get a bit heavy, but not unmanageable.

In UK language, the driver is a ******. ;-)

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