rascal67
It must have been rolling pretty darn fast, to crush and kill him if he was attempting to stop it. Best thing would have been to let it crash into the mailbox wall. It is a bizarre way to go.
this is how he died
http://www.tmz.com/2016/06/19/anton-yelchin-dead-accident-scene-photos/
DakotaFanningLover
Guys, what is the instagram of Anton Yelchin? I can't find
https://www.instagram.com/antonyelchinphoto/
marbleann
'He might not even heard it coming'
We really do not have a clear picture. But I will say this if he saw it he would of run like hell. I wonder if he got hit from behind, or he just could not get away fast enough. Or he could of been running and the car veered over and caught up to him at the mailbox. Cars pick up speed after a few seconds and they are uncontrollable. Talk about a freak accident. I bet that car was still running when the cops came. Poor guy. I hope it happened quick.
it didnt which is all the more tragic and I dont think he had time to move out of the way
Look like Tarzan talk like Jane! HAHA

BLESS YOU, CAPTAIN HINDSIGHT!
http://www.pro-rock.com/

It looks like with all of the crap these car manufacturers install nowadays, the heavier the vehic5b4les become.
It is obvious you are younger then me, not a insult, I say that because you don't remember the cars from years ago. They were much bigger and heavier. These cars are so flimsy these days a accident that would not have been catastrophic years ago are now. I am sure it is seat belts keeping the rates down now, not the car. And imagine having no power steering and manual transmission.

If only Smart Cars and Mini Coopers were more popular, Anton would have lived.
"what is your major malfunction numbnuts?!!"

That doesn't have to be proven at all. There is ample evidence that the Monostable gear shift is a design defect.

In this case, I believe, it is not so much that some of the vehicles might not work properly but that it is difficult to actually get the vehicle into park because of the design of the gear shift itself. It's isnt defective; it's hard to use, not intuitive and easy to do incorrectly.
It ain't the Ganges, but you go with what you got." ~ Ken Talley, "The Fifth of July"

This message has been deleted.

The Jeep WAS/IS under recall because the make/model has transmission irregularities.

Regardless of most auto's holding the car in park while on a slope
if Yelchin did consciously put it into 'P'
it could be considered his mistake if he "didn't" activate the handbreak. I use the park\handbreak, even when on a flat when exiting the vehicle. However, we don't know
or never will know
what the reason was why he decided to get out of the car.
Exorcist: Christ's power compels you. Cast out, unclean spirit.
Destinata:

Very well put, vibradiant.

This message has been deleted.

Do you really set the handbrake every single time you put an automatic vehicle in park, esp if just hopping out for a minute?
Do you
not
set the handbrake when the car is on a steep slope? Because if you don't, then you're an idiot who's willing to risk causing an accident, maybe even a fatal one.
It's certainly possible that the design flaw mentioned caused Yelchin to mistakenly leave the car in neutral when he thought it was in park, resulting in the car rolling down the hill. Bb68ut it's also possible - and quite likely - that if he had engaged the handbrake when leaving the vehicle (which IIRC is
taught
as a basic driving safety procedure to employ
especially
when the car is on a slope, and which Yelchin apparently did not do) the car would not have rolled and he would still be alive.

This message has been deleted.

You do know that it is spelled 'brake' not 'break'?

Really, is that right! Have you never made a typo or used incorrect spelling of a word that conveys the same meaning phonetically, or are you just pompous? When one goes into pedantics, they are avoi238ding and going into denial about what is the "real" issue. Do you do this often in your life?
Exorcist: Christ's power compels you. Cast out, unclean spirit.
Destinata:

You do know that it is spelled 'brake' not 'break'? Break is the present tense of 'broke' or used in 'coffee break' or 'give me a break.'

Regardless of the s<>t function of the vehicle, engaging a park break on a slope would have overrode the gear transmission issue
that is if there was one in Yelchin's vehicle
. Unless of course the handbreak was sh!t too. I suppose you will look for any out, because I'd say you have been making excuses your whole life to get others to listen to you. Perhaps you should try a new angle, because the current one isn't working.
Exorcist: Christ's power compels you. Cast out, unclean spirit.
Destinata:

This message has been deleted.

Again, then why are they recalling it? Oh, right. Because it functions like sh!t, something with which you must be familiar, given your inability to see reason.
"I like to watch."
Chauncey Gardiner, 'Being There'

Yes, I am superior and special, so thanks for pointing that out. I don't care about the point of the recall for any transmission fault, a handbreak needs to be utilized when stopping a vehicle on a slope and getting out. Is that a basic driving skill that is too difficult for you to ingest?
Exorcist: Christ's power compels you. Cast out, unclean spirit.
Destinata:

Congrats. You are one in a million when it comes to operation of a manual transmission. So superior and so special. Over 25 people have been injured because this new shifter is so non-intuitive, by not having a manual slot in which it fits when placing the vehicle in park, and it has caused over 100 collisions.
Because sliding it into park only activates an electronic sensor, and it springs back into a default position, it is easy to mistake neutral for park, and virtually anyone (excepting perfect little you) accustomed to an automatic would expect that putting it into park causes the transmission to hold the vehicle in place, esp if just hopping out to check something for a minute, which is why the manufacturers had issued a warning and planned to recall it prior to Yelchin's death.
"I like to watch."
Chauncey Gardiner, 'Being There'

If I turn off the engine and exit the car, yes I do. I guess you are the simpleminded one, because you can't see that if the handbreak was on, the car wouldn't have rolled backward. That is what it is for, a precaution and a good habit to get into using it. Perhaps you need some more driving lessons.
Exorcist: Christ's power compels you. Cast out, unclean spirit.
Destinata:

Do you really set the handbrake every single time you put an automatic vehicle in park, esp if just hopping out for a minute? Also, "simplmindeness"? Id111ciot douchebag proves him/herself to be an idiot.
"I like to watch."
Chauncey Gardiner, 'Being There'

Your confident insistence that he was at fault is born of a twisted failure of logic and mean-spiritedness.

Your confident insistence that he wasn't at fault is born of a twisted failure of grasping "reality" and pure-simplmindeness.
So if the vehicle was defective for the reasons of the recall, does that mean the parking\handbreak was too?
Exorcist: Christ's power compels you. Cast out, unclean spirit.
Destinata:

What a fricken idiot you are. Makes perfect sense you would question something without having any information. That's what morons do.