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 10:36 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. I know because I once owned a little Toyota Tercel. UNSAFE AT ANY SPEED, you know... EL CAJON, Calif. A California Highway Patrol officer helped slow a runaway Toyota Prius from 94 mph to a safe stop on Monday after the car's accelerator became stuck on a San Diego County freeway, the CHP said. Prius driver James Sikes called 911 about 1:30 p.m. after accelerating to pass another vehicle on Interstate 8 near La Posta and finding that he could not control his car, the CHP said. "I pushed the gas pedal to pass a car and it did something kind of funny... it jumped and it just stuck there," the 61-year-old driver said at a news conference. "As it was going, I was trying the brakes...it wasn't stopping, it wasn't doing anything and it just kept speeding up," Sikes said, adding he could smell the brakes burning he was pressing the pedal so hard. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_runaway_prius -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE WISE TIBETAN MONKEY SAYS "The monkey should be treated with the same respect as the lion" http://webspawner.com/users/BANANAREVOLUTION
From: Michael on 9 Mar 2010 11:35 On Mar 9, 7:51 am, Conscience <nobama@g v.com> wrote: > 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. From the article: "After the car decelerated to about 50 mph, Sikes turned off the engine and coasted to a halt." Any reason he couldn't turn the engine off below 50 mph?
From: Michael on 9 Mar 2010 11:35 On Mar 9, 8:35 am, Michael <mrdarr...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Mar 9, 7:51 am, Conscience <nobama@g v.com> wrote: > > > 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. > > From the article: > > "After the car decelerated to about 50 mph, Sikes turned off the > engine and coasted to a halt." > > Any reason he couldn't turn the engine off below 50 mph? correction... any reason he couldn't turn the engine off ABOVE 50 mph?
From: Michael on 9 Mar 2010 12:29 On Mar 9, 8:57 am, IYM <"S U N risr"@optonline.net> wrote: > Conscience wrote: > > 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. > > Since only the left leaning liberals, environmental tree-huggers and > Hollywood people buy them, that answers the "lower IQ" requirement.... Ouch! :D Drove with a friend who had a turbo-diesel Jetta... he said he easily gets 50+ mpg on that. Wish Toyota made more turbodiesels... Michael
From: Obveeus on 9 Mar 2010 13:00
"Michael" <mrdarrett(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:232701a8-e62c-45aa-9bbd-5146a51160f8(a)c37g2000prb.googlegroups.com... >On Mar 9, 8:35 am, Michael <mrdarr...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> From the article: >> >> "After the car decelerated to about 50 mph, Sikes turned off the >> engine and coasted to a halt." >> >> Any reason he couldn't turn the engine off below 50 mph? > >correction... any reason he couldn't turn the engine off ABOVE 50 mph? He was afraid that he didn't have enough straight section of road to turn off the vehicle (steering might lock up or be too difficult for him). Why he didn't put it in neutral is another question. |