Of course we all hide a key on board somewhere, don't we!
Went on a car trip recently and became paranoid that there will be an opportune moment for the car to lock all the doors when I leave the keys on the seat. It didn't happen but could easily, my car locks the doors within 30 seconds of opening them!
Newer keyless entry "keys" have to be on your body to work. My daughter's car can tell if the keys are loose somewhere and then doesn't automatically lock.
I believe Harley Davidson has keyless, as my brother went for a ride with a group who had such a HD. Cold fingers no need to remove gloves; so easy press start, away he went. Time for a cuppa stop, the button worked again and killed the engine. Break over, he smugly went to his bike to demonstrate this marvellous convenience again: nothing happened. He must have had those keys fall out somewhere within 100km way back whilst riding!
The message is that backup seems to be more and more necessary, technology will backfire. Also human nature resists this because we believe "a lot of thought went into this new technology", so this shouldn't be necessary.
What should happen is that you have a duplicate set water protected and hidden on you boat or vehicle. If they have replaceable batteries, no matter, you should also have those spares onboard. Now who does that?
Went on a car trip recently and became paranoid that there will be an opportune moment for the car to lock all the doors when I leave the keys on the seat. It didn't happen but could easily, my car locks the doors within 30 seconds of opening them!
Newer keyless entry "keys" have to be on your body to work. My daughter's car can tell if the keys are loose somewhere and then doesn't automatically lock.
I believe Harley Davidson has keyless, as my brother went for a ride with a group who had such a HD. Cold fingers no need to remove gloves; so easy press start, away he went. Time for a cuppa stop, the button worked again and killed the engine. Break over, he smugly went to his bike to demonstrate this marvellous convenience again: nothing happened. He must have had those keys fall out somewhere within 100km way back whilst riding!
The message is that backup seems to be more and more necessary, technology will backfire. Also human nature resists this because we believe "a lot of thought went into this new technology", so this shouldn't be necessary.
What should happen is that you have a duplicate set water protected and hidden on you boat or vehicle. If they have replaceable batteries, no matter, you should also have those spares onboard. Now who does that?
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