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Originally Posted by Dazzla
Agreed, the governor would have stopped the engine racing away, but the question was whether it would have shut the engine down quicker than the driver.
Dazzla
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The answer is that it wouldn't. Nowhere near as quick.
The governors could not put the engine in mid gear as young Mr Searle did, nor would it have permanently shut the regulator. Both of which as seen stopped the engine PDQ.
A governor would simply have effectively closed the regulator until the speed dropped to a pre determined level. Then opened it again.