if you shut the car off, you cannot steer and brake. yesterday, there were quite a few viewers who sent me e-mails and tried to respond to all of them, but many of them didn t know that, so i am glad that we are able to educate everyone. i would love to keep having that conversation until this thing is over, because it is a thing that has panicked people. oh, yeah. clearly the transport secretary saying and retracted it later, but he said don t drive your car got people panicked, but one of the things he said if you take the context of the comment hes made s he sa hearing, he said it would be simpler than to tell people to put it in neutral and wait to get your car fixed. but if you slam it in neutral when driving and the accelerator is stuck, you will havehave hea more engine noise than ever before. yes, because the engine will continue to rev and if you put it in neutral the transmission cannot connect to the wheels to keep it simple. though it is hard to ignore a