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From: Obveeus on 16 Mar 2010 08:32 "C. E. White" <cewhite3remove(a)mindspring.com> wrote: > From > http://www.autonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100315/OEM/100319941/1143 : > > "Toyota said an examination of Sikes' Prius showed the car was being > driven with the brakes lightly and repeatedly applied -- some 250 times > over a 30-mile stretch of highway. No surprise that the findings lead towards a conclusion that Sikes is a liar and faked this entire thing. However, I would like more insight into the above quote. The claim of a specific number of brake contacts over a specific distance would seem to indicate that the black box data is fairly extensive for the Toyota (or at least for this year/model of the Prius). I'd like verification that the conclusion made above is based upon an exact set of recorded data rather than being a conclusion that engineers came to after visual inspection of the brake wear. > "The on-board computer on the vehicle also did not register a "trouble > code" as it would have in the event that a malfunction had been detected, > Toyota said. There should be a light on the dashboard that comes on whenever a person is pressing both the brake and the gas. Old people (and other people that drive with one foot on each peddle) could benefit from that warning/information.
From: Uncle_vito on 19 Mar 2010 00:12 Race drivers use both the gas and the brake at the same time. Vito "Obveeus" <Obveeus(a)aol.com> wrote in message news:hnntp4$q04$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > > "C. E. White" <cewhite3remove(a)mindspring.com> wrote: >> From >> http://www.autonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100315/OEM/100319941/1143 : >> >> "Toyota said an examination of Sikes' Prius showed the car was being >> driven with the brakes lightly and repeatedly applied -- some 250 times >> over a 30-mile stretch of highway. > > No surprise that the findings lead towards a conclusion that Sikes is a > liar and faked this entire thing. However, I would like more insight into > the above quote. The claim of a specific number of brake contacts over a > specific distance would seem to indicate that the black box data is fairly > extensive for the Toyota (or at least for this year/model of the Prius). > I'd like verification that the conclusion made above is based upon an > exact set of recorded data rather than being a conclusion that engineers > came to after visual inspection of the brake wear. > >> "The on-board computer on the vehicle also did not register a "trouble >> code" as it would have in the event that a malfunction had been detected, >> Toyota said. > > There should be a light on the dashboard that comes on whenever a person > is pressing both the brake and the gas. Old people (and other people that > drive with one foot on each peddle) could benefit from that > warning/information. > > > >
From: Obveeus on 19 Mar 2010 09:14 "Uncle_vito" <uncle_vito2002(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:tr-dnXVWGOYBZD_WnZ2dnUVZ_r-dnZ2d(a)linkline.com... > "Obveeus" <Obveeus(a)aol.com> wrote: >> There should be a light on the dashboard that comes on whenever a person >> is pressing both the brake and the gas. Old people (and other people >> that drive with one foot on each peddle) could benefit from that >> warning/information. > Race drivers use both the gas and the brake at the same time. Yes they do...and they get in a half dozen or so accidents every year.
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