Dumb liberal Woman Survives Runaway Car
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From: Grumpy AuContraire on 6 Aug 2010 13:45 Hachiroku ハチロク wrote: > On Thu, 05 Aug 2010 23:25:40 -0400, News wrote: > >> Hachiroku ハチロク wrote: >>> On Fri, 06 Aug 2010 01:05:24 +0000, Matthew Russotto wrote: >>> >>>> In article <i3faj2$s3m$1(a)news.albasani.net>, >>>> =?iso-2022-jp?q?Hachiroku_=1B$B%O%A%m%=2F=1B=28B?= <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote: >>>>> That's what gets me about these calls. You have time to yap on the phone? >>>>> And, what's with the dispatcher NOT telling her... >>>>> >>>>> Depress the brake >>>>> Move the shift lever into neutral >>>>> Turn the key to the OFF position or >>>>> Hold the START button for 5 seconds... >>>> Step 1 is not to depress the brake. Step 1 is to remove both feet >>>> from the pedals. >>> First thing I do, just in case the cruise control has a mind of it's own. >>> >>> >>> >> >> Consider that this occurred in New Hampshire, the "live free or die" state. > > > Yeah, I know. I wonder where? I go there frequently on business. > Just what I want...a speeding, out of control car with no driver coming up > behind me... Especially if you're goin' down the Mt. Washington Summit road... JT
From: Grumpy AuContraire on 6 Aug 2010 13:48 N8N wrote: > On Aug 6, 12:01 am, Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B <Tru...(a)e86.GTS> wrote: >> On Thu, 05 Aug 2010 23:25:40 -0400, News wrote: >>> Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B wrote: >>>> On Fri, 06 Aug 2010 01:05:24 +0000, Matthew Russotto wrote: >>>>> In article <i3faj2$s3...(a)news.albasani.net>, >>>>> =?iso-2022-jp?q?Hachiroku_=1B$B%O%A%m%=2F=1B=28B?= <Tru...(a)e86.GTS> wrote: >>>>>> That's what gets me about these calls. You have time to yap on the phone? >>>>>> And, what's with the dispatcher NOT telling her... >>>>>> Depress the brake >>>>>> Move the shift lever into neutral >>>>>> Turn the key to the OFF position or >>>>>> Hold the START button for 5 seconds... >>>>> Step 1 is not to depress the brake. Step 1 is to remove both feet >>>>> from the pedals. >>>> First thing I do, just in case the cruise control has a mind of it's own. >>> Consider that this occurred in New Hampshire, the "live free or die" state. >> Yeah, I know. I wonder where? I go there frequently on business. >> Just what I want...a speeding, out of control car with no driver coming up >> behind me... > > I'm curious why instead of aiming for a tree, ASSuming that all > "normal" methods for stopping the car failed, she didn't just > sideswipe some Armco or Jersey barrier and ride it down until it was > going slow enough to safely turn off the ignition (assuming she was > worried about the steering lock. If it could be turned off without > locking the steering, that would have been the first thing to do.) > > nate Most females are not aware that just turning the ignition switch one "click" to the left does not affect the steering lock... <snort> JT
From: News on 6 Aug 2010 13:48 Grumpy AuContraire wrote: > Hachiroku ハチロク wrote: >> On Thu, 05 Aug 2010 23:25:40 -0400, News wrote: >> >>> Hachiroku ハチロク wrote: >>>> On Fri, 06 Aug 2010 01:05:24 +0000, Matthew Russotto wrote: >>>> >>>>> In article <i3faj2$s3m$1(a)news.albasani.net>, >>>>> =?iso-2022-jp?q?Hachiroku_=1B$B%O%A%m%=2F=1B=28B?= >>>>> <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote: >>>>>> That's what gets me about these calls. You have time to yap on the >>>>>> phone? >>>>>> And, what's with the dispatcher NOT telling her... >>>>>> >>>>>> Depress the brake >>>>>> Move the shift lever into neutral >>>>>> Turn the key to the OFF position or >>>>>> Hold the START button for 5 seconds... >>>>> Step 1 is not to depress the brake. Step 1 is to remove both feet >>>>> from the pedals. >>>> First thing I do, just in case the cruise control has a mind of it's >>>> own. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> Consider that this occurred in New Hampshire, the "live free or die" >>> state. >> >> >> Yeah, I know. I wonder where? I go there frequently on business. Just >> what I want...a speeding, out of control car with no driver coming up >> behind me... > > > Especially if you're goin' down the Mt. Washington Summit road... > > JT > LOL
From: AZ Nomad on 6 Aug 2010 14:02 On Fri, 06 Aug 2010 12:48:10 -0500, Grumpy AuContraire <GrumpyOne(a)GrumpyvilleNOT.com> wrote: >N8N wrote: >> On Aug 6, 12:01 am, Hachiroku ?$B%O%A%m%/ <Tru...(a)e86.GTS> wrote: >>> On Thu, 05 Aug 2010 23:25:40 -0400, News wrote: >>>> Hachiroku ?$B%O%A%m%/ wrote: >>>>> On Fri, 06 Aug 2010 01:05:24 +0000, Matthew Russotto wrote: >>>>>> In article <i3faj2$s3...(a)news.albasani.net>, >>>>>> =?iso-2022-jp?q?Hachiroku_=1B$B%O%A%m%=2F=1B=28B?= <Tru...(a)e86.GTS> wrote: >>>>>>> That's what gets me about these calls. You have time to yap on the phone? >>>>>>> And, what's with the dispatcher NOT telling her... >>>>>>> Depress the brake >>>>>>> Move the shift lever into neutral >>>>>>> Turn the key to the OFF position or >>>>>>> Hold the START button for 5 seconds... >>>>>> Step 1 is not to depress the brake. Step 1 is to remove both feet >>>>>> from the pedals. >>>>> First thing I do, just in case the cruise control has a mind of it's own. >>>> Consider that this occurred in New Hampshire, the "live free or die" state. >>> Yeah, I know. I wonder where? I go there frequently on business. >>> Just what I want...a speeding, out of control car with no driver coming up >>> behind me... >> >> I'm curious why instead of aiming for a tree, ASSuming that all >> "normal" methods for stopping the car failed, she didn't just >> sideswipe some Armco or Jersey barrier and ride it down until it was >> going slow enough to safely turn off the ignition (assuming she was >> worried about the steering lock. If it could be turned off without >> locking the steering, that would have been the first thing to do.) >> >> nate >Most females are not aware that just turning the ignition switch one >"click" to the left does not affect the steering lock... ><snort> neither are most men
From: Grumpy AuContraire on 6 Aug 2010 15:34
Brent wrote: > On 2010-08-06, N8N <njnagel(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >> I'm curious why instead of aiming for a tree, ASSuming that all >> "normal" methods for stopping the car failed, she didn't just >> sideswipe some Armco or Jersey barrier and ride it down until it was >> going slow enough to safely turn off the ignition (assuming she was >> worried about the steering lock. If it could be turned off without >> locking the steering, that would have been the first thing to do.) > > With all these 'runaway' cars these days I am thinking that over century > of dumbing people down has worked. Gawd... Don't get me started on the dumbing down road. For me, a sensible policy would include (when getting a first driver's license) a test on the four basic functions of internal combustion powered cars; Fuel level, Engine temperature, Oil pressure and Electrical status. Call me old fashioned, but simple knowledge can keep you out of a world of hurt.. > The federally mandated solution will probably be some complicated > central control on-star like thing complete with real time tracking and > logging instead of a simple kill switch (or outlawing the automatic > transmission :) ) Gawd... Don't bet me started on guv'ment mandates as to auto manufacturing. How helpless have we become??? Can't even check tire pressure anymore. Grrrr JT |