Highway Patrol officer helped slow a runaway Toyota Prius from 94 mph to a safe stop
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From: JoeSpareBedroom on 9 Mar 2010 14:21 Can't do 94? Is that a fact, or is that your penis talking again? "Mike Hunter" <Mikehunt2(a)lycos,com> wrote in message news:4b969c3d$0$9914$ce5e7886(a)news-radius.ptd.net... > Incredible indeed. That must be a lie but out by the unions. Prius > can not do 94 MPH unless it is going down a mountain. > > > "Conscience" <nobama@g�v.com> wrote in message > news:hn5qpm$5k6$1(a)news.albasani.net... >> On 2010-03-09 07:36:51 -0800, TheTibetanMonkey >> <comandante.banana(a)yahoo.com> said: >> >>> Another of these little MOWING MACHINES runs out of control. My take >>> on the issue is that Toyota sends the engineers with the highest IQ to >>> work at Lexus, while those with very low IQ are assigned to Toyota. >> >> It's looking like an even lower IQ is required to purchase a Prius. >> >> It "jumps" to 94 mph before this idiot figures out how to stop it, >> instead wasting his time on the phone. >> >> Jumps, indeed. Incredible. >> > >
From: Tom on 9 Mar 2010 14:23 "JoeSpareBedroom" <newstrash(a)frontiernet.net> wrote in message news:88wln.249487$OX4.183396(a)newsfe25.iad... > "C. E. White" <cewhite3(a)mindspring.com> wrote in message > news:hn6265$rmi$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > >> - Why did the guy not press the stop/start button for 3 seconds? > > 1) Panic. This points to the need to test drivers in situations which > almost guarantee failure, especially after a certain age. Testing > someone's signaling and parallel parking ability obviously proves nothing > about how they'll handle terror. > > 2) At least 90% of drivers are not qualified to operate a spoon, much less > a motor vehicle. Our testing procedures do nothing to filter out these > people. Sounds like too many toyota engineers in this group, I thought only one person was in the car but a lot of people seem to know what he did or was supposed to do. its all the drivers fault, standard toyota press release to cover all defects. > >
From: Mike Hunter on 9 Mar 2010 14:24 More importantly it should not have gone out of control "Ray O" <rokigawa(a)NOSPAMtristarassociates.com> wrote in message news:hn617f$ck8$2(a)news.eternal-september.org... > > "Jeff Strickland" <crwlrjeff(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:hn5u5l$vkh$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >> >> "Conscience" <nobama@g�v.com> wrote in message >> news:hn5qpm$5k6$1(a)news.albasani.net... >>> On 2010-03-09 07:36:51 -0800, TheTibetanMonkey >>> <comandante.banana(a)yahoo.com> said: >>> >>>> Another of these little MOWING MACHINES runs out of control. My take >>>> on the issue is that Toyota sends the engineers with the highest IQ to >>>> work at Lexus, while those with very low IQ are assigned to Toyota. >>> >>> It's looking like an even lower IQ is required to purchase a Prius. >>> >>> It "jumps" to 94 mph before this idiot figures out how to stop it, >>> instead wasting his time on the phone. >>> >>> Jumps, indeed. Incredible. >>> >> >> It didn't jump to 94, it jumped and kept going. Big difference. >> >> He's describing a downshift event -- the jump. This in itself would not >> be a problem, but when one lifts his foot off the gas, the downshift >> event should come to an end and the car's speed should level off or begin >> to slow -- depending on how far one lifts his foot. >> >> The cop reports that he could smell the brakes and he observed the brake >> lights going on as the driver tried to stop the car. >> > > The Prius has a continuously variable transmission so he should not be > experiencing a downshift event. > -- > > Ray O > (correct punctuation to reply) >
From: Mike Hunter on 9 Mar 2010 14:28 Perhaps the Toyota owners manual should tell drivers what to do when their Toyota get out of control? "JoeSpareBedroom" <newstrash(a)frontiernet.net> wrote in message news:88wln.249487$OX4.183396(a)newsfe25.iad... > "C. E. White" <cewhite3(a)mindspring.com> wrote in message > news:hn6265$rmi$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > >> - Why did the guy not press the stop/start button for 3 seconds? > > 1) Panic. This points to the need to test drivers in situations which > almost guarantee failure, especially after a certain age. Testing > someone's signaling and parallel parking ability obviously proves nothing > about how they'll handle terror. > > 2) At least 90% of drivers are not qualified to operate a spoon, much less > a motor vehicle. Our testing procedures do nothing to filter out these > people. >
From: JoeSpareBedroom on 9 Mar 2010 14:29
Perhaps you should tell your wife to hide the box of wine for the remainder of this afternoon. "Mike Hunter" <Mikehunt2(a)lycos,com> wrote in message news:4b969f16$0$7890$ce5e7886(a)news-radius.ptd.net... > Perhaps the Toyota owners manual should tell drivers what to do when their > Toyota get out of control? > > > > "JoeSpareBedroom" <newstrash(a)frontiernet.net> wrote in message > news:88wln.249487$OX4.183396(a)newsfe25.iad... >> "C. E. White" <cewhite3(a)mindspring.com> wrote in message >> news:hn6265$rmi$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >> >>> - Why did the guy not press the stop/start button for 3 seconds? >> >> 1) Panic. This points to the need to test drivers in situations which >> almost guarantee failure, especially after a certain age. Testing >> someone's signaling and parallel parking ability obviously proves nothing >> about how they'll handle terror. >> >> 2) At least 90% of drivers are not qualified to operate a spoon, much >> less a motor vehicle. Our testing procedures do nothing to filter out >> these people. >> > > |