You can travel forever without the key, or at least until you run out of petrol, if you switch car off without the key you can restart it again within 5 seconds, a message comes up on the dash to tell you this too!

 

Yes, you can drive as long as there is fuel in it. Done it myself with last car.
I drove to airport, wife slid over from pass side to drivers seat as I got out. As I walked away to enter airport she drove off to home.
I did not realise I had key fob in my pocket until I was on plane.
Wife realised she had prob but had sense to get home before turning eng off.
Spare key fob was in the house but I was not her favourite for quite a few days.
IIRC it is something to do with legislation/safety that stops manufacturers from introducing a system that makes the eng stop if the key is not present after a certain distance

 

Start the car then lock the doors manually with the key inside the fob.

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If you have keyless entry as well as keyless start then you can lock the car while it is running on your drive and keep the key in your pocket all the time - don't even need take your gloves off. I would have thought you could also use the remote central locking buttons if you don't have keyless entry.

I presume having the engine stop if it no longer detects the key is a safety issue - if the key fails or detection is blocked/jammed for any reason while you are driving you don't really want the car cutting out on you while you're doing 70 in lane 3 of the motorway - not safe for us, not safe for other drivers either.

 

Thanks for replies,it didn't lock with the fob but will try with the key.

 

I presume having the engine stop if it no longer detects the key is a safety issue - if the key fails or detection is blocked/jammed for any reason while you are driving you don't really want the car cutting out on you while you're doing 70 in lane 3 of the motorway - not safe for us, not safe for other drivers either.

Fair enough, but that could be easily solved by turning the engine off upon your next stop, e.g. at a traffic light.

 

I presume having the engine stop if it no longer detects the key is a safety issue - if the key fails or detection is blocked/jammed for any reason while you are driving you don't really want the car cutting out on you while you're doing 70 in lane 3 of the motorway - not safe for us, not safe for other drivers either.

Fair enough, but that could be easily solved by turning the engine off upon your next stop, e.g. at a traffic light.

Still a safety issue - cars shouldn't just disable wherever they are on the road - say in the middle of a traffic jam at a junction or on the motorway.

 

If the car is stationary, then there's no safety issue if the engine stops and doesn't restart. It could be annoying to others, but far from life threatening.

 

I would say it could be massively dangerous. Your in traffic on the motorway and stop in the middle lane for instance.

I think the best thing would be to allow the engine to run without the key but if you press the clutch to drive off the engine stops if the key isn't detected.

 

If you've already stopped for one reason or another (e.g. because of a traffic jam), I don't see why remaining stopped would make you more dangerous.

 

You really don't see how its dangerous being stopped on a motorway when cars behind you are doing 70mph+ not to mention you would be stuck in the car as well. Stopping on an A road at lights wouldnt be an issue but there are times when it could be deadly for the car to just stop.

 

I'm not saying it should stop.
I'm saying it should not start again after you've deliberately stopped for one reason or another.

not to mention you would be stuck in the car as well.

Tough luck. It's a risk you take when stealing a car. If my car were stolen I couldn't care less about the thief's safety.

 

A theft device should be installed,giving a warning of the car is to slow and finally

stop within a certain distance, allowing it to be safely parked up might be the solution

for a future security upgrade, so car thieves will know they have only a short distance

to travel without keyless in range.