From: joekor@earthlink.net   
      
   On 5/7/2015 2:52 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:   
   >   
   > I'm reviving this dead thread to mention an opinion piece from March 2015   
   > Railway Age that I just read.   
   >   
   > The car being driven was a Mercedes-Benz ML350 SUV. The driver, Carol Brody,   
   > had purchased it only a few weeks before. The automatic transmission shift   
   > lever has an unusual pattern--Park, Neutral, Reverse or Drive.   
   >   
   > The more common pattern is Park, Reverse, Neutral, Drive   
   >   
   > The commentator speculates that there's a possibility that she really   
   > did intend to reverse off the grade crossing and got confused.   
   > We'll never know.   
   >   
      
   But in the configuration of the car, two clicks on the lever would have   
   put her in reverse.  On the regular automatic shift, she'd be in neutral.   
      
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