>
>> Derek Gee wrote:
>>>> >>>>>
>>>>>> This fellow knew what to do to bring his car to a screeching halt.
>>>>> here are some videos - it should work with any car with a on-off >>>>> button
>>>>>
>>>>> How to stop a Car if the accelerator sticks Consumer
>>>>> Reports/ABC
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>>>>> 1. apply constant pressure to the brake 2. set the transmission to
>>>>> neutral while
>>>>> still pressing the breaks
>>>>> 3. when the car stop - press the on-off
>>>>> button for over 3 second to turn off the car
>>>>>
>>>>> =========
>>>>>
>>>>> Is Toyota's Stuck Throttle Problem Real? And What can you do
>>>>> Dan Edmunds. Edmunds.com
>>>>> Video
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>>>>> Bottom hinged accelerator are okay but top hinged accelerator might
>>>>> get obstructed by all weather mats. Also several methods to stop a
>>>>> runaway car.
>>>>
>>>> What the hell is an on off button??
>>>>
>>>> Put the car in neutral, stop, easy as that?
>>>
>>> Apparently not. The lady who testified to Congress today about her
>>> runaway Lexus stated that she did put the car in neutral and it didn't
>>> stop, even with both feet on the brake pedal.
>>>
>>> Derek
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> In all seriousness, I didn't read her transcript, but I can see the above
>> might happen IF (big if), she had been trying to stop her vehicle for a
>> bit before she threw it in neutral. She could have overheated and glazed
>> the brakes trying to stop it before it occurred to her to throw it in
>> neutral...Just a thought...
>
> I'm thinking she had the shifter in Sport and didn't know she had to get
> it back through the gate to Neutral.
>
> Familirization with an automobile is key. They write owners manuals just
> for that purpose! Imagine that!
>
>
>
Really?! So that's why they write them. Here all this time I thought it was just to provide a place to put all that asinine legalistic CYA (i.e. It is potentially unsafe to back up without first looking behind the car).