# Just 'cos the engine doesn't start shouldn't mean I can't flip switches

**URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/just-cos-the-engine-doesnt-start-shouldnt-mean-i-cant-flip-switches/9299
**Category:** The Drawing Board
**Created:** [April 1, 2015, 6:07pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/just-cos-the-engine-doesnt-start-shouldnt-mean-i-cant-flip-switches/9299 "2015-04-01T18:07:00Z")
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### Author: ![Schilcote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@Schilcote](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Schilcote)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2015, 6:07pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/just-cos-the-engine-doesnt-start-shouldnt-mean-i-cant-flip-switches/9299/1 "2015-04-01T18:07:00Z")

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Right now, vehicles whose engines are somehow disabled (out of fuel, out of battery, whatever) just kick you out of their control screen when you ^ on their control seat. This is kind of annoying, especially when you’ve got a multiple-engine vehicle and you’d like to switch to the one that works.

It’s not a huge thing, since you can always just stand next to the control seat and then ^-e on it, but it’s still kind of an annoyance, especially for new players who might not know they can do that.

EDIT:

While we’re on the subject, it’d be handy if pedals automatically disabled themselves when you try to start your vehicle from a seat that doesn’t have the pedals but does have a working engine, instead of getting “you cant reach the pedals!”.