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From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 5 Nov 2009 18:06 On Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:12:20 -0600, Al Falfa wrote: >> And why call 911? Did they figure Scotty was going to beam them out of >> the car? >> >> Ed > Under the circumstances, panic was very likely a factor. Putting one's > car in neutral under such unusual circumstances is not a conditioned > response. Last time something like this happened to me, I was 19. I also am not a CHiP. I knew enough to put the car in neutral and kill the motor.
From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 5 Nov 2009 18:07 On Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:09:39 -0600, E. Meyer wrote: >> And why call 911? Did they figure Scotty was going to beam them out of >> the car? >> >> Ed >> >> >> > "The guy was supposedly..."; "Supposedly the car was a Lexus..."; "Since > it was reportedly a rental..." > > I feel like I'm reading a court transcript or a CYA newscast. Are you > guys all lawyers? Pre law.
From: Al Falfa on 5 Nov 2009 20:39 "Hachiroku ハチロク" <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote in message news:pan.2009.11.05.23.06.36.741140(a)e86.GTS... > On Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:12:20 -0600, Al Falfa wrote: > >>> And why call 911? Did they figure Scotty was going to beam them out of >>> the car? >>> >>> Ed >> Under the circumstances, panic was very likely a factor. Putting one's >> car in neutral under such unusual circumstances is not a conditioned >> response. > > Last time something like this happened to me, I was 19. I also am not a > CHiP. I knew enough to put the car in neutral and kill the motor. > I don't know if the Lexus is like the Prius but there is nothing intuitive about shifting from a Prius from Drive to Neutral. The shift lever is always resting in the neutral position. After playing with this for a while it seems the fastest way to get from drive to neutral is to pull it into the drive slot and then move back to the neutral slot. Is this what you did when you were 19?
From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 5 Nov 2009 22:47 On Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:39:56 -0600, Al Falfa wrote: > > "Hachiroku ハチロク" <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote in message > news:pan.2009.11.05.23.06.36.741140(a)e86.GTS... >> On Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:12:20 -0600, Al Falfa wrote: >> >>>> And why call 911? Did they figure Scotty was going to beam them out of >>>> the car? >>>> >>>> Ed >>> Under the circumstances, panic was very likely a factor. Putting one's >>> car in neutral under such unusual circumstances is not a conditioned >>> response. >> >> Last time something like this happened to me, I was 19. I also am not a >> CHiP. I knew enough to put the car in neutral and kill the motor. >> > I don't know if the Lexus is like the Prius but there is nothing intuitive > about shifting from a Prius from Drive to Neutral. The shift lever is > always resting in the neutral position. After playing with this for a > while it seems the fastest way to get from drive to neutral is to pull it > into the drive slot and then move back to the neutral slot. Is this what > you did when you were 19? Nah. I pushed in the clutch and shifted into neutral.
From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 7 Nov 2009 11:19
On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:26:39 -0800, john wrote: > A Prius owner tried to resume her cruise control, and then the car > accelerated out of control. > > http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=8982147 > > http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/RunawayToyotas/ The new cruise controls do not cancel below 30 MPH like the old ones did. It's in the Owner's Manual. |