Three times in the two years I've had Nick, I've shifted to reverse instead of drive by mistake. In all instances I started going backwards before realizing the mistake. Dangerous.
Today, this is what happened: I was stopped at a construction zone. When the flagger turned the sign from Stop to Slow, I thought that autopilot was still on, so I pushed the stalk up to turn it off. Because AP wasn't on, this put me into reverse.
This is a classic mode error or state error, and when I was a programmer, we tried to avoid state-dependent buttons.
I see that it has happened to others was well: Forward and reverse
Today, this is what happened: I was stopped at a construction zone. When the flagger turned the sign from Stop to Slow, I thought that autopilot was still on, so I pushed the stalk up to turn it off. Because AP wasn't on, this put me into reverse.
This is a classic mode error or state error, and when I was a programmer, we tried to avoid state-dependent buttons.
I see that it has happened to others was well: Forward and reverse