Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 06:32 pm Post subject: Have a Toyota? Don't drive it. Use it for a planter
I used to have a Toyota and I thought I was the only one with a floor mat that got tangled up in the accelerator. I sold it, and never thought about it again. It turns out I was lucky I did not get killed. As if that floor mat problem were not enough . . .
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The driver of the Prius said during an interview with NBC San Diego that he was traveling on the 8 East freeway when the vehicle seemed to begin accelerating on its own – reaching speeds over 90 mph. The driver, James Sikes, 61, said he called 911 and tried to drive while holding the phone but it was too difficult, forcing him to drop the phone and attempt to regain control of the vehicle by his own methods.
A CHP officer eventually caught up to Sikes and using his loudspeaker directed Sikes to utilize the parking brake in combination with the normal brake and eventually got the vehicle under control, and turned off. When the vehicles finally came to a stop the Prius was apparently traveling up a steep grade, which a CHP officer believed aided in the vehicle coming to a stop.
“They also got it going on a steep upgrade,” said Officer Jesse Udovich. “Between those three things, they got it to slow down.”
“I was on the brakes pretty healthy,” Sikes said. “It wasn’t stopping, it wasn’t doing anything to it, and just kept speeding up, kept going, and I called 911 right away, and they were trying to tell me what to do, but I couldn’t hold the phone and the steering wheel properly at the same time, so I just kept trying my methods, dropped the phone and it just kept going faster. I just stayed on the brakes as much as I could until finally they started smelling really bad and I had metal sounds coming in the car.”
Joined: 17 May 2004 Posts: 1648 Location: Michigan
Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 02:49 am Post subject:
As someone who is union label involved I never thought I would say this - I feel sorry for the American workers who make those cars - and the people involved in the accidents - there are no winners.
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