RMVB - gear after the lights?

I just put a RMVB in the car, and wanted to know if the throttle hung I could get it through the gears to neutral. Shifter has a physical stop neutral to reverse, so no fear of hitting reverse. The shifter is a stock console shifter so it moves back to front all the way to neutral with no stops. You can slam it from all the way back in third to neutral as fast as you can slam it. Was rolling a 5 miles an hour in 3rd and slammed it all the way. Still caught first and drug the tire. No way I’m touching it no matter what. Hit the key and hold on.