Posted by Al Falfa on March 13, 2010, 1:43 am
> Now that makes sense, he is broke and he did say he wont drive that
> car again, and the lady in NY that hit a wall probably was doing her
> makup. Runaway is the #1 excuse for all acidents now with this car. So
> which ones are real? Some are. If it was me id put it in neutral and
> simply brake, and use the emergency brake if needed.
I have yet to read of a runaway scenario in which the driver simply put the
car in neutral and pulled over to a stop. In the instant case, the 911
operator tells the driver to 'take it out of gear' and he ignores her advice
in favor of hysterical rant. Toyota probably won't find anything wrong with
the car, aside from ruined brakes, and the next nut case will claim they are
covering something up.
Posted by ransley on March 13, 2010, 10:04 pm
> > Now that makes sense, he is broke and he did say he wont drive that
> > car again, and the lady in NY that hit a wall probably was doing her
> > makup. Runaway is the #1 excuse for all acidents now with this car. So
> > which ones are real? Some are. If it was me id put it in neutral and
> > simply brake, and use the emergency brake if needed.
> I have yet to read of a runaway scenario in which the driver simply put the
> car in neutral and pulled over to a stop. In the instant case, the 911
> operator tells the driver to 'take it out of gear' and he ignores her advice
> in favor of hysterical rant. Toyota probably won't find anything wrong with
> the car, aside from ruined brakes, and the next nut case will claim they are
> covering something up.
The way his past reads, he didnt want it in neutral. He drives for a
living as a real estate broker, he knows cars, isnt senile, and knows
about neutral, just my guess on this occurance.
Posted by ransley on March 10, 2010, 2:33 pm
> Runaway 2008 Prius with stuck gas pedal reported in California
> summary:
> On March 8, 2010, California Highway Patrol assisted a runaway
> 2008 Blue Toyota Prius when allegedly its gas pedal got stuck
> while driving on the California Freeway in San Diego County.
> The 61-year old Prius Driver, James Sikes, used his cell phone
> to called 911 at about 1:30 Pm after realizing that his Prius
> accelerator pedal would not easing up after he had passed
> another vehicle going eastbound on Interstate 8 near
> La Posta ( near Lake Jennings Park Road/ Flinn Springs).
> Mr. Sikes reported that his Prius accelerator pedal had
> jumped while passing the other vehicle and had became
> stuck in a position. Sikes' Prius reach about 90 mph
> when the police car arrived about 20 minutes later. The
> police car drove alongside the Sikes' Prius and used
> a loudspeaker to instruct Mr Sikes to put the Prius
> into neutral, apply the brake pedal to the floor, and
> also to apply the emergency brake. Police officer Todd
> Niebert said that he could smell Prius brakes burning
> up and that he saw the Prius brake lights coming on. As
> the Prius went up an upgrade, the Prius started to decelerated
> to about 50mph; Sikes then turned off the engine and
> the Prius coasted to a halt.The Police cruiser then came
> up front the Prius and blocked it. Toyota has dispatched a field
> technical specialist to San Diego to investigate this incident.
> sources
> http://www.marketwatch.com/story/runaway-toyota-prius-reported-in-cal ...
> http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gc_pIFqke7WxQovY3Mn ...
> http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/mar/08/chp-helps-stop-runaway ...
Whats important here is this is not the new Prius but the second
generation old model. Steve Wozniaks prius [Apples Founder] is the new
one that he can make go full throttle by itself.
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> car again, and the lady in NY that hit a wall probably was doing her
> makup. Runaway is the #1 excuse for all acidents now with this car. So
> which ones are real? Some are. If it was me id put it in neutral and
> simply brake, and use the emergency brake if needed.