Highway Patrol officer helped slow a runaway Toyota Prius from 94 mph to a safe stop
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From: TheTibetanMonkey on 9 Mar 2010 17:51 On Mar 9, 12:39 pm, "Obveeus" <Obve...(a)aol.com> wrote: > e"Mike Hunter" <Mikehunt2(a)lycos,com> wrote in message > > news:4b96a406$0$2645$ce5e7886(a)news-radius.ptd.net... > > > The press always takes notice when people are killed, especially 54 of > > them. When water leaks into the trunk, not so much > > 30,000+ people died in car accidents last year. Feel free to post a > breakdown by car manufacturer if you think Toyota is killing people. > Otherwise, your focus on these particular 54 vs. the hundreds/thousands of > others that died due to steering problems, airbag failures, poor crash > protection, inability to operate the vehicle, blind spots, etc... seems a > bit agenda based. We should instead thank Toyota for putting stupid old ladies to drive.
From: TheTibetanMonkey on 9 Mar 2010 17:53 On Mar 9, 12:50 pm, "C. E. White" <cewhi...(a)mindspring.com> wrote: > "Obveeus" <Obve...(a)aol.com> wrote in message > > news:hn6851$6bv$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > > > > > > > > > <n...(a)wt.net> wrote: > > >>Dunno... Something about this story sounds really fishy to me.. > >>I'm almost tending to believe this is some kind of scam to get > >>$$$$.. > > > The likelyhood at this point is about a 99% chance that this guy is > > a scam artist looking for money. > > >>I don't know.. I smell doo-doo with this story.. It will be real > >>interesting > >>to see what the Toyota people find when they go over it. Hopefully > >>it > >>will not be touched until they get a chance to do so. > > > Hopefully Toyota won't get a chance to touch it without NHTSA or > > some such entity standing right beside them to verify their > > findings...or at least document their procedure for looking ove rthe > > car for potential problems. > > Well if the guy is a scam artist, he probably already has the > "experts" recommneded by his lawyer "examining" the car. > > Ed- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - Kudos to him. That's the law of the jungle: EAT OR BE EATEN!
From: TheTibetanMonkey on 9 Mar 2010 18:04 On Mar 9, 2:13 pm, Conscience <nobama@göv.com> wrote: > On 2010-03-09 14:00:03 -0800, "Jeff Strickland" <crwlrj...(a)yahoo.com> said: > > > > > > > > > "Conscience" <nobama@göv.com> wrote in message > >news:hn5udc$bg9$1(a)news.albasani.net... > >> On 2010-03-09 08:48:38 -0800, "Jeff Strickland" <crwlrj...(a)yahoo.com> > >> said: > > >>> "Conscience" <nobama@göv.com> wrote in message > >>>news:hn5qpm$5k6$1(a)news.albasani.net... > >>>> On 2010-03-09 07:36:51 -0800, TheTibetanMonkey > >>>> <comandante.ban...(a)yahoo.com> said: > > >>>>> Another of these little MOWING MACHINES runs out of control. My take > >>>>> on the issue is that Toyota sends the engineers with the highest IQ to > >>>>> work at Lexus, while those with very low IQ are assigned to Toyota. > > >>>> It's looking like an even lower IQ is required to purchase a Prius. > > >>>> It "jumps" to 94 mph before this idiot figures out how to stop it, > >>>> instead > >>>> wasting his time on the phone. > > >>>> Jumps, indeed. Incredible. > > >>> It didn't jump to 94, it jumped and kept going. Big difference. > > >> My comment was sarcastic. A Prius "jumping" to 94. Funny. > > >>> He's describing a downshift event -- the jump. This in itself would not > >>> be a > >>> problem, but when one lifts his foot off the gas, the downshift event > >>> should > >>> come to an end and the car's speed should level off or begin to slow -- > >>> depending on how far one lifts his foot. > > >>> The cop reports that he could smell the brakes and he observed the brake > >>> lights going on as the driver tried to stop the car. > > >> I'm sure of all you wrote. But the guy's an idiot. Too bad reaction-time > >> and vehicle familiarity tests are required to be renewed on a regular > >> basis when a license expires. > > > It's absurd that anybody thinks a driver can get so screwed around sideways > > for so long that a call to 911 AND A RESPONSE from the CHP can take place > > before the driver gets straightened out AND the cop reports that the brake > > lights were coming on and that he could SMELL the brakes burning, and you > > still think the driver is such an idiot that he can't find the right pedal. > > It's not like it's a multiple choice question with a different answer > > everytime. The guy had at least five minutes to react and become familiar > > with the controls of his car. > > > Sure, some are clearly idiots, but they can't all be idiots and the CHP took > > the car so it could be inspected. I don't know the results of the > > inspection, but I'm sure we'll all know very soon. > > I see absurdity on the road every day. It's not much of a stretch to > apply the average driver's "ability" to not knowing how to put a > transmission in neutral.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - My girlfriend says she didn't know either what to do with her stupid Lexus if it happened to her. She gave me these options: a) put the foot brake b) switch the ignition off But smart people don't buy a Toyota in the first place. She won't next time, thanks to my wisdom.
From: Mike Hunter on 9 Mar 2010 18:54 Perhaps but not if it was a member of your family that was killed or injured because YOUR car went out of control. "Obveeus" <Obveeus(a)aol.com> wrote in message news:hn6bmb$1cg$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > e > "Mike Hunter" <Mikehunt2(a)lycos,com> wrote in message > news:4b96a406$0$2645$ce5e7886(a)news-radius.ptd.net... >> The press always takes notice when people are killed, especially 54 of >> them. When water leaks into the trunk, not so much > > 30,000+ people died in car accidents last year. Feel free to post a > breakdown by car manufacturer if you think Toyota is killing people. > Otherwise, your focus on these particular 54 vs. the hundreds/thousands of > others that died due to steering problems, airbag failures, poor crash > protection, inability to operate the vehicle, blind spots, etc... seems a > bit agenda based. >
From: Mike Hunter on 9 Mar 2010 18:55
Yet he wonders why we call him Joe$#itForBrains. LOL "dbu''" <nospam(a)nobama.com.invalid> wrote in message news:CJ-dnfF1N_UVSgvWnZ2dnUVZ_uUAAAAA(a)giganews.com... > In article <Bnyln.72356$0N3.71697(a)newsfe09.iad>, > "Joe$#itForBrains" <newstrash(a)frontiernet.net> wrote: > >> "Obveeus" <Obveeus(a)aol.com> wrote in message >> news:hn6bmb$1cg$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >> > e >> > "Mike Hunter" <Mikehunt2(a)lycos,com> wrote in message >> > news:4b96a406$0$2645$ce5e7886(a)news-radius.ptd.net... >> >> The press always takes notice when people are killed, especially 54 of >> >> them. When water leaks into the trunk, not so much >> > >> > 30,000+ people died in car accidents last year. Feel free to post a >> > breakdown by car manufacturer if you think Toyota is killing people. >> > Otherwise, your focus on these particular 54 vs. the hundreds/thousands >> > of >> > others that died due to steering problems, airbag failures, poor crash >> > protection, inability to operate the vehicle, blind spots, etc... seems >> > a >> > bit agenda based. >> > >> >> Knock down a half gallon of cheap box wine before lunch and you'll see >> things the way Hunter does. > > We are learning much about jsb and his habits. > -- > |