Thanks
to Rich Bradley for working hard in 1987
to make the 40 foot functional for the first groups of teachers, and the telescope mechanics for keeping it that way, Carl Heiles for inspiring us
to observe
neutral hydrogen, a true staple of our educational programs for teachers and youth, Bill Radcliffe (do you remember the time you single - handedly took the front
end off the telescope???), Nathan Sharp, and Dave Woody for coming
to the rescue when the 40 Foot needed a technical swift kick, Skip Crilly for updating the telescope and getting rid of pesky RFI, and all of the astronomers who have enlightened teachers and students over the years.
For the 29 incidents with sufficient information available
to make an assessment; 23 (79 %) were controlled by the driver either shifting
to neutral, turning the engine off, or both; 4 (14 %) were
ended by the driver either kicking the pedal free (2) or pulling the mat away from the pedal (2); and 2 (7 %) were
ended by the pedal freeing itself from the mat with no apparent driver action.None of the drivers who reacted
to the incident by shifting
to neutral or turning the engine off reported any difficulties with either action.The subject mats were sold by Ford and Lincoln dealers directly
to customers as an optional accessory equipment item or, beginning in November 2007, the mats were also available as a factory installed accessory if ordered with a new vehicle.Ford estimates that approximately 82,579 affected driver's side all weather floor mats were sold worldwide; either over the counter through Ford dealerships or as original equipment.Owners that purchased the subject all - weather floor mats as a factory installed accessory with their new vehicle will be notified
to return their all weather floor mats
to their Ford or Lincoln Dealership in exchange for replacement mats.Owners of all other potentially affected vehicles will be notified that, if they have an affected Ford driver's side all weather floor mat, they should return their mats
to the dealership in exchange for replacement mats.The VOQs associated with the closing of this investigation are: 10327597, 10332233, 10334211, 10335336, 10339330, 10348772 (and duplicate 10342572), 10372674, 10379562, 10415911, 10426255, 10434107, 10521053, 10554966.
This last one goes too far [alert: grumpy person now about
to complain]: I am all for simplicity and am a huge fan of
neutral citation, but unless you advocate the removal of all periods (such as the
end of sentences), it doesn't
make sense
to remove the periods after a person's initials — Professor Waddams is Stephen Michael as represented by his initials.