Ignition Switch facts
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The ignition on all Porsches is located on the left side of the wheel. This is because back when Porsche was primarily a racing team, the drive could save a fraction of a second by starting the car with his left hand, while simultaneously switching the car into gear with his right hand.
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A $0.57 faulty ignition switch in General Motors cars has killed 124 people.
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The first men on the moon had to use a pen to ignite the lunar module engines and leave the lunar surface because the switch had broken off
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The ignition on all Porsches is located on the left side of the wheel. This is because back when Porsche was primarily a racing team, the drive could save a fraction of a second by starting the car with his left hand, while simultaneously switching the car into gear with his right hand.
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A 2007 lawsuit against GM could have brought deadly ignition switch failures to light — but the case was not pursued since Wisconsin law limits liability to $350,000 per death. GM issued a recall 7 years later, and paid $1.475 billion in fines and settlements.
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Armstrong and Aldrin used part of a pen to override the module's broken ignition switch when lifting off from the moon's surface.
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General Motors knew about the deadly ignition switch defect in 2012, but concealed it, "taking the matter "offline," outside the normal recall process, so that the Company could buy time" to "manage the issue" so it wouldn't have "an adverse impact on the Company's business".
