From: csr684@NOTyahoo.com   
      
   thekmanrocks@gmail.com wrote:   
   > Steve W:   
   >   
   > Nope. No politics this time!  It's a common sense issue, not   
   > a political one.   Since my early forties, about ten years ago,   
   > I've been shifting more frequently from Park into Neutral instead   
   > of Drive, or from Drive into Neutral when I need Reverse.   
   >   
   > So in that thread, I simply proposed positioning Neutral at the   
   > bottom of the band - below the lowest available gear:   
   >   
   > IE:  "P-R-D-2-1-*N*"   
      
   " What do the government know about making cars? Look what Executive is   
   doing to the Post Office!"   
      
   That is politics. Not real overt but.   
   Plus you have the same question up at least twice.   
   Other than that ???   
   The answers are correct though. Neutral is there to prevent accidents   
   and vehicle damage. Just because you don't like it or seem to get   
   confused about shifting isn't their problem.   
      
   If you want to prove it, take your car down the road at 20 mph and shift   
   it from drive into reverse. Or get it stuck and try rocking it out   
   without neutral in there.   
      
   I suppose you have a problem with manual transmissions as well, as all   
   of those have neutral between every gear and a lockout between reverse.   
      
   --   
   Steve W.   
      
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