The key to solving these alleged runaway Toyotas with their supposedly stuck accelerator pedals, is to shift the transmission into neutral. Let the engine race, if it will, while the car slows down until you can pull over.
Instead, this latest fellow reportedly told the 911 dispatcher he was afraid to do that ’cause the car “might flip.” Huh? How could it? Nothing like a little (apparently) panic to ensure your fifteen minutes of fame. And keep the pols and GM happy.
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Did he call 911 before or after the cops spotted him speeding?
The 911 operator told him to put it in neutral but he claims he wasn’t listening.
I’m a cynical, paranoid person.
This smells a lot like scam to me.
Either to get out of a ticket or maybe, to cash in on the Toyota craze.
Either this guy is the biggest idiot in the world for not shifting into neutral over the course of 23 MINUTES!!!! or he is the biggest media whore scam artist to come along since that balloon guy.
Either that or he’s just remarkably stupid.
Or both!
No doubt some folks will try to “to cash in on the Toyota craze”. Only natural in the circs.
However, some may indeed lose their wits in an emergency like this. Lots of people, for instance, know that one has to turn the wheel in the direction of the skid when slipping, but how many really succeed doing it? Almost none.
Sorry, but I can’t imagine just hanging onto the steering wheel while jamming on the brakes (if, in fact, he didn’t have his other foot jammed on the accelerator) for longer than a few seconds. Something is rotten in the state of California, here. But, then, things have been rotten in California for a long time.
http://www.caranddriver.com/features/09q4/how_to_deal_with_unintended_acceleration-tech_dept
Car and driver found a unique way to stop: use your brakes.
They tried a bunch of cars, even a supercharged Mustang.
We included the powerful Roush Mustang to test—in the extreme—the theory that “brakes are stronger than the engine.” From 70 mph, the Roush’s brakes were still resolutely king even though a pinned throttle added 80 feet to its stopping distance. However, from 100 mph, it wasn’t clear from behind the wheel that the Mustang was going to stop. But after 903 feet—almost three times longer than normal—the 540-hp supercharged Roush finally did succumb, chugging to a stop in a puff of brake smoke.
Using your brakes to stop your car? How counterintuitive.