Originally posted by Strife:

It's to prevent someone from shifting from 1st to reverse or some other terribly destructive shift.




Thats impossible! Reverse gear is handled by a small idler gear. At all times, the reverse gear is turning in a direction opposite to all of the other gears. Therefore, it would be impossible to throw the transmission into reverse while the car is moving forward the dog teeth would never engage. However, they will make a lot of noise!