Board:   [WWIVnet] General Chat
Subject: Re: Vacation spots
From:    Weatherman #1 @1 (Mark)
To:      Bob Worm #81 @137
Date:    Wed Nov 26, 2025 06:57

BW> Yeah, in Europe the laws apparently state that stop/start and lane
BW> control must default to "on" and reset to "on" each time the ignition is
BW> switched on.
BW>
BW> That's not to say it can't be coded out, apparently you can get some cars
BW> re-coded to default to "off" but such that you can enable the feature if
BW> you want to (ha ha ha).
BW>
BW> Which would be quite tempting...

In the US, I think there is a federal rule on the auto-stop to default to "on"
or the manufacturer doesn't get some type of credit or something.  Not exactly
sure, but that's what I was told.  Nothing on the lane change, though.

This just opened up a business for a smart person that made the Auto-Stop
Eliminator which connects to the factory wireing harness in-line, and will
remember the previous setting so you can default it to "on" or "off".

The site is autostopeliminator.com.  I bought and installed it for my truck and
it works perfectly.

- Mark

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