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From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 25 Feb 2010 20:01 On Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:51:14 -0800, James Goforth wrote: > Hachiroku wrote, "I posted this too. I think she needs to take the bus. > Obviously she did NOT have the car in neutral. She was probably using the > Sport mode and thought when it was in the center it was in neutral. " > ********************************** > > She was sexting while driving. > Her boob dropped down and mashed the accelerator to the floor. I was listening and not looking at the screen while she was lyi...er, testifying. Is she THAT big?!?! DAMN! And I missed it?!?!?!
From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 25 Feb 2010 20:03 On Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:49:17 -0800, James Goforth wrote: > The one that I found more curious was the one where the person behind > the wheel was a State Policeman -- THAT'S the guy who should have known > how to deal with the situation if anyone would. And he couldn't. Hey! He DID dial 911 and spent more than a minute or two on the phone, and then asked to have the intersection cleared...
From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 25 Feb 2010 21:52 On Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:37:16 +0000, Clive wrote: > In message <hm6duc$hrl$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Jeff Strickland > <crwlrjeff(a)yahoo.com> writes >>I just can't shake my opinion that there is an electronic/programming >>gremlin lurking within these cars. > I don't have an opinion either way, so I'll wait until someone does find a > fault somewhere. Have you noticed three other Japanese manufacturers had > today decided to recall vehicles, I wonder how many of these were brought > about by watching the grilling of Toyoda on the hill yesterday. I missed the news, but I saw something about GM (?) recalling cars for running away.
From: Sharx35 on 25 Feb 2010 22:05 "in2dadark" <in2dadark(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:9bfe923c-d2c8-43b7-aa85-fc9e1bfa3ce8(a)33g2000yqj.googlegroups.com... > On Feb 24, 7:45 pm, Clive <cl...(a)yewbank.demon.co.uk> wrote: >> In message >> <8df0a424-4282-48af-926a-1905ebd4f...(a)v25g2000yqk.googlegroups.com>, >> in2dadark <in2dad...(a)yahoo.com> writes> I think toyota already knows this >> and should turn it around and >> >market it as a deterent to keep people off of their cells while >> >driving. Pass a law making it illegal to drive while on the phone and >> >put this system in every car. Use your cell phone and DIE... >> >> In the UK using a cell phone carries three points on your licence (12 is >> an automatic ban) 60UKP fixed penalty notice, doubled if you refuse and >> go to court and another 15UKP for some kind of reform program. Then >> there are the costs if you go to court, anywhere between 50 and 200UKP. >> -- >> Clive > > > Europeans are smarter than U.S. Most Europeans are nanny state LIEbrawls.
From: Tegger on 26 Feb 2010 23:13
"Jeff Strickland" <crwlrjeff(a)yahoo.com> wrote in news:hma541$12a$1(a)news.eternal-september.org: > > I know that the brakes should be able to stop the car, but when a > California Highway Patrol officer that's trained in 1.) high speed > operation, and 2.) crash avoidance and manuvering, is KILLED and his > passenger has enough time to make a 911 call on a cellphone -- have > you ever placed a call to 911 from your cell, it takes several minutes > just to be answered -- and describe in vivid detail to the operator > what the conditions were inside the car, I have to believe that there > are forces at play that you have not considered. The previous driver of that same Lexus experienced the identical same problem as that dumb cop, except that he was smarter than the cop (not hard to do) and managed to stop the car simply by pressing the brake pedal until the car ceased moving forward. After the car stopped, he used the toe of his shoe to pull the gas pedal back up again so the engine would stop howling. He then drove the car for at least a day more, without any further problems. The San Diego Lexus crashed for two very simple reasons: 1) incorrect and unsecured floor mats had trapped the gas pedal, and 2) an unintelligent driver failed to do what an intelligent driver did do. The previous driver reported #1 to the dealership when he returned the car, and NHTSA investigators discovered that what the previous driver had reported was never fixed between the time he and the cop drove that car. WHY are these very simple facts so DIFFICULT for some to understand? WHY is the lure of a complicated-mystery-story so attractive to certain minds in spite of overwhelming evidence that the problem lies instead in something stupidily mundane and simple? -- Tegger |