And now the Bull starts

She forgot to mention that she was going down a steep 2 mile hill at the time, and drafting an 18 wheeler.

The law firm of Dewey, Cheatham and Howe.

Here's the steep hill,

Uh, you must be mistaken. This fellow knows quite a bit about cars. And his auto insights have shown the Toyota problem is really GM's fault, along with Toyota owners who have lied before Congress. I would go so far as to say he is the world's foremost expert. And he has been kind enough to bring his Toyota insights to the tech group to educate all of us who do mechanical work on cars. I can't tell tell you how much we appreciate that.

A woman testified before Congress that when her Toyota began accelerating uncontrollably she "put the car in neutral and it had no effect, I stepped on the brakes and it had no effect, I applied the emergency brake and it had no effect, I even tried to put the car into reverse and I couldn't."

Huh? Putting the car in neutral had no effect? Someone provide with with a clue on this one.

BTW< the car was a Lexus.

I wonder who paid her?

I missed the drafting part...

I wound *never* trust a claim like this from *any* corporation. Fox, henhouse etc Ben

Gee, ransley...putting it in neutral didn't stop it...using the brakes didn't stop it...using the e-brake didn't stop it?

Either she's full of shit, or (more likely) should probably be riding the bus.

Or both.

Don't mention it. Any time you need any help, you just ask me. I'd be glad to help you out. You do know what a car is, right?

Here, one more time for you:

all under oath...

i've been to hearings like this and seen people perjure themselves with very little provocation or pay. it's not uncommon.

nah, she's riding the wallet of the people paying her to perjure herself.

I'm not sure she perjured herself, but I'd bet she should NOT be behind the wheel of a car. ANY car.

If you can't handle a situation like that, you shouldn't be driving. As I said, she probably had it in "Sport" and didn't bring it back through the gate into Neutral. That's the only way the car wouldn't stop in neutral.

And she must have gotten it stopped SOMEHOW, since she was there to tell the tale.

oh, she's perjuring herself. i've seen this stuff many times - there's a certain theatrical circus show to these things - and a cadre of individuals that will show up and say the most blatantly untrue bullshit in terms that make the average vaudevillian look like an amateur.

one case i saw, some dude showed up in a medial gown, with i.v. drips taped to his arm testifying about some doctor saving his life. thing was, this individual was shown not to be a patient of that doctor, nor could he have been at the facility concerned. it was just theater designed for show and to help sway a decision. i guess there's out-of-work actors that need money /real/ bad.

Like the time Mike J Fox didn't take his medication for two or three days so his Parkinson's would be more pronounced.

She said God miraculously slowed down her car, but why did God make it speed out of control in the first place?

Also she said she phoned her husband during the incident, which tells me she's not the brightest bulb (ex-social worker) or calmest hand.

Thus ended Hachi's all-too-short smart streak. Fox wanted to show what Parkinson's was like, and even when he was on full dosages, such as when acting, he couldn't completely cover up the involuntary movements. Stop listening to your hero Rush Limbaugh.