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Many models come with emergency fuel cut off resets. After an impact, they have to be re-set before the engine will fire up.
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I thought it was being suggested to manually shut-off the gas to prevent someone from starting your vehicle on fire. Perhaps, the cut-off/reset switch was suggested to get you going if a collision had caused a confrontation and you needed to escape in the vehicle? I’m still unsure.
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What Joe said.
Another thing to consider is that some of the higher end cars have things like collision avoidance systems, where the car automatically applies brakes to stop before you hit anything. Which would make using the bumper to move obstacles out of the way difficult.
I don't know of any car you can manually cut the fuel off, and that's not going to prevent arson anyway. The interior of your vehicle is pretty flammable. It's an automatic thing based on sensors thinking you've rolled over, been in a nasty crash, etc. In the CVPI it was a button in the trunk you'd have to push to reset it afterward, but you couldn't make it cut off without crashing into something (or simulating it)
There's not much to add to the thread, but I will say from a legal/investigation standpoint it's MUCH friendlier to be the guy who stayed in the car. Cops, prosecutors, and juries are much more apt to believe you weren't a willing participant and were a true victim. Know your state law on the matter, but in my state being in your car is the same as being in your house. You have more leeway in the use of lethal force than if you were on the sidewalk. Someone whacking my door with a baseball bat or breaking my window with a motorcycle helmet while I'm in the car justifies lethal force, but same scenario while I observe from the sidewalk doesn't.
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