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From: Paul Hovnanian P.E. on 24 Feb 2010 19:09 Derek Gee wrote: > [snip] > > Apparently not. The lady who testified to Congress today about her runaway > Lexus stated that she did put the car in neutral and it didn't stop, even > with both feet on the brake pedal. Well, then put the transfer case in neutral. ;-) -- Paul Hovnanian mailto:Paul(a)Hovnanian.com ------------------------------------------------------------------ A mathematician is a machine for converting coffee into theorems.
From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 24 Feb 2010 21:49 On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:52:29 -0500, Derek Gee wrote: > "Picasso" <picasso.ng(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > news:ab83dee2-35ca-4ff3-96dd-294d9f3d2055(a)o3g2000yqb.googlegroups.com... >> On Feb 19, 2:04 pm, Neo <residualselfimage1...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> On Feb 16, 8:10 pm, Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B <Tru...(a)e86.GTS> wrote: >>> >>> > This fellow knew what to do to bring his car to a screeching halt. >>> >>> here are some videos - it should work with any car with a on-off button >>> >>> How to stop a Car if the accelerator sticks Consumer >>> Reports/ABChttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FT07_JbnKWQ&feature=related >>> >>> 1. apply constant pressure to the brake 2. set the transmission to >>> neutral while >>> still pressing the breaks >>> 3. when the car stop - press the on-off >>> button for over 3 second to turn off the car >>> >>> ========= >>> >>> Is Toyota's Stuck Throttle Problem Real? And What can you do >>> Dan Edmunds. Edmunds.com >>> Videohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u53oRzkRIbY&feature=related >>> >>> Bottom hinged accelerator are okay but top hinged accelerator might get >>> obstructed by all weather mats. Also several methods to stop a runaway >>> car. >> >> >> What the hell is an on off button?? >> >> Put the car in neutral, stop, easy as that? > > Apparently not. The lady who testified to Congress today about her > runaway Lexus stated that she did put the car in neutral and it didn't > stop, even with both feet on the brake pedal. > > Derek I'm still betting she was in Sport mode and didn't go through the gate into N.
From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 24 Feb 2010 21:50 On Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:27:35 -0600, E. Meyer wrote: > On 2/24/10 2:10 PM, in article hm413s$qkn$18(a)news.eternal-september.org, > "Hachiroku ハチロク" <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote: > >> On Wed, 24 Feb 2010 08:24:30 -0500, IYM wrote: >> >>> Derek Gee wrote: >>>> "Picasso" <picasso.ng(a)gmail.com> wrote in message >>>> news:ab83dee2-35ca-4ff3-96dd-294d9f3d2055(a)o3g2000yqb.googlegroups.com... >>>>> On Feb 19, 2:04 pm, Neo <residualselfimage1...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> On Feb 16, 8:10 pm, Hachiroku ?$B%O%A%m%/?(B <Tru...(a)e86.GTS> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> This fellow knew what to do to bring his car to a screeching halt. >>>>>> here are some videos - it should work with any car with a on-off >>>>>> button >>>>>> >>>>>> How to stop a Car if the accelerator sticks Consumer >>>>>> Reports/ABChttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FT07_JbnKWQ&feature=related >>>>>> >>>>>> 1. apply constant pressure to the brake 2. set the transmission to >>>>>> neutral while >>>>>> still pressing the breaks >>>>>> 3. when the car stop - press the on-off >>>>>> button for over 3 second to turn off the car >>>>>> >>>>>> ========= >>>>>> >>>>>> Is Toyota's Stuck Throttle Problem Real? And What can you do Dan >>>>>> Edmunds. Edmunds.com >>>>>> Videohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u53oRzkRIbY&feature=related >>>>>> >>>>>> Bottom hinged accelerator are okay but top hinged accelerator might >>>>>> get obstructed by all weather mats. Also several methods to stop a >>>>>> runaway car. >>>>> >>>>> What the hell is an on off button?? >>>>> >>>>> Put the car in neutral, stop, easy as that? >>>> >>>> Apparently not. The lady who testified to Congress today about her >>>> runaway Lexus stated that she did put the car in neutral and it didn't >>>> stop, even with both feet on the brake pedal. >>>> >>>> Derek >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> In all seriousness, I didn't read her transcript, but I can see the >>> above might happen IF (big if), she had been trying to stop her vehicle >>> for a bit before she threw it in neutral. She could have overheated >>> and glazed the brakes trying to stop it before it occurred to her to >>> throw it in neutral...Just a thought... >> >> I'm thinking she had the shifter in Sport and didn't know she had to get >> it back through the gate to Neutral. >> >> Familirization with an automobile is key. They write owners manuals just >> for that purpose! Imagine that! >> >> >> > Really?! So that's why they write them. Here all this time I thought it > was just to provide a place to put all that asinine legalistic CYA (i.e. > It is potentially unsafe to back up without first looking behind the car). Some people need to be told that.
From: Steve Austin on 25 Feb 2010 07:37 Derek Gee wrote: > "Picasso" <picasso.ng(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > news:ab83dee2-35ca-4ff3-96dd-294d9f3d2055(a)o3g2000yqb.googlegroups.com... >> On Feb 19, 2:04 pm, Neo <residualselfimage1...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> On Feb 16, 8:10 pm, Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B <Tru...(a)e86.GTS> wrote: >>> >>>> This fellow knew what to do to bring his car to a screeching halt. >>> here are some videos - it should work with any car with a on-off >>> button >>> >>> How to stop a Car if the accelerator sticks >>> Consumer >>> Reports/ABChttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FT07_JbnKWQ&feature=related >>> >>> 1. apply constant pressure to the brake >>> 2. set the transmission to neutral while >>> still pressing the breaks >>> 3. when the car stop - press the on-off >>> button for over 3 second to turn off the >>> car >>> >>> ========= >>> >>> Is Toyota's Stuck Throttle Problem Real? >>> And What can you do >>> Dan Edmunds. Edmunds.com >>> Videohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u53oRzkRIbY&feature=related >>> >>> Bottom hinged accelerator are okay but >>> top hinged accelerator might get obstructed >>> by all weather mats. Also several methods >>> to stop a runaway car. >> >> What the hell is an on off button?? >> >> Put the car in neutral, stop, easy as that? > > Apparently not. The lady who testified to Congress today about her runaway > Lexus stated that she did put the car in neutral and it didn't stop, even > with both feet on the brake pedal. > > Derek > > And she is now dead?
From: Mike Hunter on 25 Feb 2010 10:05
What? "Paul Hovnanian P.E." <Paul(a)Hovnanian.com> wrote in message news:4B85BFA4.A621B2D(a)Hovnanian.com... > Derek Gee wrote: >> > [snip] >> >> Apparently not. The lady who testified to Congress today about her >> runaway >> Lexus stated that she did put the car in neutral and it didn't stop, even >> with both feet on the brake pedal. > > Well, then put the transfer case in neutral. ;-) > > -- > Paul Hovnanian mailto:Paul(a)Hovnanian.com > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > A mathematician is a machine for converting coffee into theorems. |