# Automatic transmission question - Going from park straight to drive

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/automatic-transmission-question-going-from-park-straight-to-drive/82905>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [December 31, 2013, 2:08am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/automatic-transmission-question-going-from-park-straight-to-drive/82905 "2013-12-31T02:08:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![lion9car](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/59ef9b/32.png) [@lion9car](https://community.cartalk.com/u/lion9car)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 10:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/automatic-transmission-question-going-from-park-straight-to-drive/82905/21 "2014-01-01T22:48:59Z")

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Hesitating in reverse might scare people behind you who think you’re about to back up into them.

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**Author:** ![Docnick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Docnick](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Docnick)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 11:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/automatic-transmission-question-going-from-park-straight-to-drive/82905/22 "2014-01-01T23:33:22Z")

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@VDCdriver Yes there was a TV comedy in the 50s where a blond referrred to the gear selector as the “Pnudler”, referring to the PNDLR.

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**Author:** ![keith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/keith/32/5518_2.png) [@keith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/keith)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 11:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/automatic-transmission-question-going-from-park-straight-to-drive/82905/23 "2014-01-01T23:42:02Z")

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Since carmakers are following the latest tech fads, I wonder if the cars in the near future might not require an app on a smart phone in order to select a gear, or unlock the doors, or start the engine.

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**Author:** ![dagosa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/dagosa/32/9837_2.png) [@dagosa](https://community.cartalk.com/u/dagosa)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 2:45am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/automatic-transmission-question-going-from-park-straight-to-drive/82905/24 "2014-01-02T02:45:18Z")

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At some point when some else has the option to drive your car. A lot of residents in the Boston area would like some else driving through Boston instead of they. Go to the outskirts, dial up a destination in Boston and give the controls over to Garmin, or Apple or Microsoft or…

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