Cranked car windows are going, going ... - USA Today

Cranked car windows are going, going ... (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/8-0&fd=R&url=http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/2006-07-05-car-windows-usat_x.htm&cid=1107706953&ei=ArysRKC8L4fMpwKL_K2iCQ)
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... This year, Honda became the first of the largest automakers to banish the crank window, moving entirely to power windows as standard equipment. ...
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"At the time, the agency said power windows appeared to account for an average 1.5 child deaths a year."

How could .5 of a child die a year? :screwy: :rofl:
J/P. Recently my Mom had to drive my dad's car because she had a flat(long story short, she can't change one). She sat there for a few minutes trying to figure out how to roll the manual windows down. That just proves to me that people are becoming too dependent on power options. ALL 4 of my vehicles have a crank on them. BTW, I would like to see emergency, auxillary window cranks on power window equipped vehicles.