Highway Patrol officer helped slow a runaway Toyota Prius from 94 mph to a safe stop
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From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 13 Mar 2010 10:47 On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:09:54 -0800, Picasso wrote: > On Mar 9, 3:13 pm, "Mike Hunter" <Mikehunt2(a)lycos,com> wrote: >> The video is all over the news, not good for Toyota. There is >> nothing like a visual aid that counters a point one is trying to make. >> Wanna bet it will end up on "Cops" or "Worlds Worst?" >> >> TheTibetanMonkey" <comandante.ban...(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message >> >> news:63afaded-a68d-4313-9f8e-034da9e19ad8(a)g19g2000yqe.googlegroups.com... >> 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 > > "Why didn't the driver simply throw the transmission into neutral as > officers urged him to do?" > > Maybe he doesn't like authority? Rather prove a 94MPH point? good thing > it wasn't a corolla... this chase would have topped 110mph Or a Lexus...140. Funny how he was able to stop the car once a police car got in front of him. |