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From: Al Falfa on 12 Mar 2010 20:43


"ransley" <Mark_Ransley(a)Yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:4d89ff09-db7c-42cf-9fcd-f53b01eff81f(a)e7g2000yqf.googlegroups.com...
> On Mar 11, 4:52 pm, "Maynard G. Krebs" <Mayn...(a)nospam.com> wrote:
> 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.


From: ransley on 13 Mar 2010 17:04
On Mar 12, 7:43 pm, "Al Falfa" <c...(a)eastforty.fld> wrote:
> "ransley" <Mark_Rans...(a)Yahoo.com> wrote in message
>
> news:4d89ff09-db7c-42cf-9fcd-f53b01eff81f(a)e7g2000yqf.googlegroups.com...
>
> > On Mar 11, 4:52 pm, "Maynard G. Krebs" <Mayn...(a)nospam.com> wrote:
> > 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.
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