Originally Posted by RumbleBeeSS

I'm onboard with your and Jason's assessment, in that it is a simple fix. I'm an electrician by trade (Naval Aviation type) and get what you're saying. Believe me, I'm not wanting to blow this up into more that what it is, at least for my particular situation. My intent was to simply to inform and do what I could to prevent a more serious incident. Everyone knows, or should, you can't pick and choose when a breakdown occurs (or in this case an electrical shutdown). Under ideal conditions, an accident can likely be avoided. But I deal with risk assessment everyday, so my mind may click differently than some, and the alarming situations I envisioned were a shutdown during night driving, inclement weather, low visibility, lack of shoulder or exit, etc. Toss in other variables such as heavy fast moving traffic (70mph+), steep grades, twisting roads, other drivers not paying attention and my intent here should be glaringly evident. Losing engine/electrical power translates into instant loss of headlights/tail lights/brake lights/blinkers/hazards etc., potentially resulting in coasting blindly, depending on visibility. Surrounding traffic will be oblivious to your situation or immediate intentions (assuming they can even see and/or avoid you)...I could go on and on, but everyone gets the picutre and can do their own assessments. A lot of folks on this site are professionals that take this knowledge for granted such as yourself and Jason, but there may be also quite a few out there that may think...ya know, I didn't really think about that. It's those people that need to be reached. When this happened to me and the lights went out, it took a couple of seconds just to grasp what happened and to react...fortunately, in a flat well lit parking lot it was simple enough to do.

No harm, no foul, and that's the way I wanted it to stay.