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| San Diego Man drives his Prius at 90 MPH with a stuck accelerator; Can a Prius really go 90? | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Mar 8 2010, 05:10 PM (862 Views) | |
| Copper | Mar 8 2010, 05:10 PM Post #1 |
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Shortstop
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http://www.leftlanenews.com/breaking-toyota-prius-traveled-30-miles-displaying-unintended-acceleration.html
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The Confederate soldier was peculiar in that he was ever ready to fight, but never ready to submit to the routine duty and discipline of the camp or the march. The soldiers were determined to be soldiers after their own notions, and do their duty, for the love of it, as they thought best. Carlton McCarthy | |
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| John D'Oh | Mar 8 2010, 05:13 PM Post #2 |
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MAMIL
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It finally came to a stop right outside a lawyer's office. |
| What do you mean "we", have you got a mouse in your pocket? | |
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| George K | Mar 8 2010, 05:16 PM Post #3 |
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Finally
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Step on the Brake |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| John D'Oh | Mar 8 2010, 05:19 PM Post #4 |
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MAMIL
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This guy's such a good driver he could probably be put to use chasing down balloons that are thought to contain small children. |
| What do you mean "we", have you got a mouse in your pocket? | |
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| ivorythumper | Mar 8 2010, 05:23 PM Post #5 |
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
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that must have killed his mileage. |
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| apple | Mar 8 2010, 05:26 PM Post #6 |
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one of the angels
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funny, i clicked the link and toyota prius ads support the site ha ha |
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| Klaus | Mar 9 2010, 02:57 AM Post #7 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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But why didn't this man do that? Stepping on the brake is the most natural thing to do. Even if he panics he should be able to do that. He even managed to make a phone call. I find it hard to believe that he was not able to step on the brake or turn off the car. The police could have also suggested this on the phone. A strange story... |
| Trifonov Fleisher Klaus Sokolov Zimmerman | |
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| Piano*Dad | Mar 9 2010, 05:08 AM Post #8 |
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Bull-Carp
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Oh, so you smell a hoax too. |
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| Mikhailoh | Mar 9 2010, 05:28 AM Post #9 |
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
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That's a heck of a lot of trouble to avoid a speeding ticket. There will be more information forthcoming here. Not buying the 'can't trun it off or shift into neutral' line. |
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| Big John | Mar 9 2010, 08:08 AM Post #10 |
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it said he shut the car off on the upgrade and coasted to a stop. Why didn't he shut it off earlier? |
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| Big John | Mar 9 2010, 08:08 AM Post #11 |
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I have a feeling I know how toyota owners are going to try to get out of tickets from here on out. |
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| Piano*Dad | Mar 9 2010, 08:16 AM Post #12 |
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Bull-Carp
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You know, I'm in the market for an SUV of some sort. All this Toyota ruckus is leading me toward checking out a new Highlander. Might be some great deals. |
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| kenny | Mar 9 2010, 08:17 AM Post #13 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Look on the bright side. He got better MPG than all the other runaway Toyotas around him doing 90. |
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| Kincaid | Mar 9 2010, 10:10 AM Post #14 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Heard the police officer said he saw brake lights and smelled the heated brakes after the guy stopped, but he also made it sound like the driver might not have stood on the brakes - like maybe he had pumped them. I think that is completely wrong. Get on the brakes and get on them hard and don't let off ever. Also, the driver said he pushed the stop button and it didn't work, then pushed it "a couple more times" and it did shut off the car. So, sounds like he didn't do it right the first time. I don't know how he got to 90 mph and made a phone call before he could get it shut off. Yeah, I smell something fishy as well. |
| Kincaid - disgusted Republican Partisan since 2006. | |
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| kenny | Mar 9 2010, 10:12 AM Post #15 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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I believe Toyota is changing the design of those push button ignitions so they are more intuitive to turn off. What you have to do now is not intuitive. You have to break out the owner's manual during the emergency and read the directions.
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| George K | Mar 9 2010, 10:18 AM Post #16 |
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Finally
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Reading while driving? It could be worse. |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| kenny | Mar 9 2010, 02:45 PM Post #17 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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The driver speaks. Great photo BTW. http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-toyota-prius10-2010mar10,0,7196393.story
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| Mark | Mar 9 2010, 02:49 PM Post #18 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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A manchurian candidate?
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___.___ (_]===* o 0 When I see an adult on a bicycle, I do not despair for the future of the human race. H.G. Wells | |
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| Kincaid | Mar 9 2010, 03:40 PM Post #19 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Looks like Joe Biden. |
| Kincaid - disgusted Republican Partisan since 2006. | |
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| Luke's Dad | Mar 9 2010, 03:46 PM Post #20 |
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Emperor Pengin
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My first thought was Bob Barker. |
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| George K | Mar 9 2010, 03:50 PM Post #21 |
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Wrong car. Everyone knows Joe drives a bitchin' Firebird: ![]() |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| kenny | Mar 9 2010, 03:51 PM Post #22 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Wearing loafers with no socks is more geh than a yellow cashmere sweater tied around the neck. I won't even do that.
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| jodi | Mar 9 2010, 03:55 PM Post #23 |
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Fulla-Carp
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Why couldn't he put it in neutral? This story sounded fishy when I saw it on the news this morning. Jodi - who has had an accelerator get stuck fully floored when I was in high school - our old Ford Galaxy 500 took off on me down a winding residential street. Something about a coil spring falling off - I can't remember, but my dad had worked on the car the day before, and that's what caused it. I didn't think to put it in neutral either. But I did stand on the brakes, and the car did stop its forward momentum, but the back end was bucking and spewing gravel all over the place. The engine was making the most awful noise. And the stupid thing wouldn't turn off. The key would turn, but the engine kept going. My brother was in the car with me - he screamed "we are going to die!" and I looked over and the passenger door was open and my brother was nowhere to be seen. I thought I'd run over him with the back end of the car. It finally did turn off. We laugh about it now, but it was terrifying.
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| Luke's Dad | Mar 9 2010, 04:01 PM Post #24 |
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Everybody keeps asking why they didn't dump it into neutral. My understanding is that they've tried, but the newer Toyotas do not have a direct mechanical connection from the gear shift to the transmission, that it's a CPU, and that whatever is frying these accelerators is also frying the CPU for the transmission. |
| The problem with having an open mind is that people keep trying to put things in it. | |
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| Kincaid | Mar 9 2010, 04:07 PM Post #25 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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But strangely, everything works fine later. The Prius is a CVT but I don't know if there's a mechanical linkage or not. Most, if not all, of these cars also have rev limiters, so the the cars should be sputtering a lot when they keep bumping up against them. Anyway, in this specific case, I'm skeptical. He drives for 30 miles (really?!) and tried to shut the car down but somehow it finally shuts down when the police officer has maneuvered in front to slow the guy's vehicle. |
| Kincaid - disgusted Republican Partisan since 2006. | |
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Jodi - who has had an accelerator get stuck fully floored when I was in high school - our old Ford Galaxy 500 took off on me down a winding residential street. Something about a coil spring falling off - I can't remember, but my dad had worked on the car the day before, and that's what caused it. I didn't think to put it in neutral either. But I did stand on the brakes, and the car did stop its forward momentum, but the back end was bucking and spewing gravel all over the place. The engine was making the most awful noise. And the stupid thing wouldn't turn off. The key would turn, but the engine kept going. My brother was in the car with me - he screamed "we are going to die!" and I looked over and the passenger door was open and my brother was nowhere to be seen. I thought I'd run over him with the back end of the car. It finally did turn off. We laugh about it now, but it was terrifying.
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