On Efi vehicles its called an inertia switch, typically a magnetic switch with a spring trying to seperate the contacts if its shocked hard enough it opens..generally good, but sometimes slamming a door or trunklid will open it as far as on a race vehicle if the car hooks good the violence of the launch can cause the switch to open

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