As I said, my system does not activate unless I am already stopped. It depends on how the manufacturer chooses to design the system. I have had situations where I needed to stop momentarily to exit the car, and moved the selector to park. Only to find it had decided to stop the engine when I came back to resume driving, and had to re-start manually. No safety problem, but annoying as hell. ("Park" is the only way I can engage a parking brake. Ultra-stupid to put it in "neutral.")
There are notorious failures to think things out (e.g., the 737 MAX MCAS). Your point is understood. Perhaps a best practice (no activation unless fully stopped) requirement might be in order.
yes agreed. the math is after i think like 5-6 seconds after stop is when you actually save fuel with that feature. other than that its the same amount of fuel to re start the car than keeping it idle. I cant remeber the exact number but it plays into your point of only after a complete stop. i think even 3 seconds would have been more than ample for my scenario. Cool to find some middle ground with you on this.
As I said, my system does not activate unless I am already stopped. It depends on how the manufacturer chooses to design the system. I have had situations where I needed to stop momentarily to exit the car, and moved the selector to park. Only to find it had decided to stop the engine when I came back to resume driving, and had to re-start manually. No safety problem, but annoying as hell. ("Park" is the only way I can engage a parking brake. Ultra-stupid to put it in "neutral.")
There are notorious failures to think things out (e.g., the 737 MAX MCAS). Your point is understood. Perhaps a best practice (no activation unless fully stopped) requirement might be in order.
yes agreed. the math is after i think like 5-6 seconds after stop is when you actually save fuel with that feature. other than that its the same amount of fuel to re start the car than keeping it idle. I cant remeber the exact number but it plays into your point of only after a complete stop. i think even 3 seconds would have been more than ample for my scenario. Cool to find some middle ground with you on this.