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From: MLOM on 9 Mar 2010 20:46
On Mar 9, 12:32 am, Scott in SoCal <scottenazt...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
> Another runaway Toyota in SD, but this one had a happy ending. Seems
> the brakes were able to overpower the engine - with the help of a 6%
> up-grade. :)
>
> http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gc_pIFqke7WxQovY3Mn...
>
> Prius with stuck accelerator glides to safe stop
>
> (AP) – 1 hour ago
>
> EL CAJON, Calif. — A California Highway Patrol officer helped slow a
> runaway Toyota Prius from 94 mph to a safe stop on Monday after the
> car's accelerator became stuck on a San Diego County freeway, the CHP
> said.
>
> Prius driver James Sikes called 911 about 1:30 p.m. after accelerating
> to pass another vehicle on Interstate 8 near La Posta and finding that
> he could not control his car, the CHP said.
>
> "I pushed the gas pedal to pass a car and it did something kind of
> funny... it jumped and it just stuck there," the 61-year-old driver
> said at a news conference. "As it was going, I was trying the
> brakes...it wasn't stopping, it wasn't doing anything and it just kept
> speeding up," Sikes said, adding he could smell the brakes burning he
> was pressing the pedal so hard.
>
> A patrol car pulled alongside the Prius and officers told Sikes over a
> loudspeaker to push the brake pedal to the floor and apply the
> emergency brake.
>
> "They also got it going on a steep upgrade," said Officer Jesse
> Udovich. "Between those three things, they got it to slow down."
>
> And then there's this:
>
> http://toyotasimulator.com/
>
> :)
> --
> The MFFY Litmus Test:
> If your maneuver forces another driver WHO HAS THE RIGHT-OF-WAY
> to alter course or speed, what you did was probably MFFY.

That incident made Kansas City news...maybe because we're home to a GM
and a Ford plant. :)

You know something's haywire when a Prius will go 94 mph.

I heard on the report that the driver had to try 3 times to shut the
car off. Wonder if the Prius has a neutral gear....

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"When a Prius goes by, it goes, 'Iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii'mmmmmmm---gaaayy."
- Jeff Dunham's "Walter"
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