Re: Highway Patrol officer helped slow a runaway Toyota Prius from 94 mph to a safe stop

More importantly WHY was there a NEED to turn off the engine in the first place?

> > > > > > > Another of these little MOWING MACHINES runs out of control. My take > > > on the issue is that Toyota sends the engineers with the highest IQ to > > > work at Lexus, while those with very low IQ are assigned to Toyota. > > > It's looking like an even lower IQ is required to purchase a Prius. > > > It "jumps" to 94 mph before this idiot figures out how to stop it, > > instead wasting his time on the phone. > > > Jumps, indeed. Incredible. > > From the article: > > "After the car decelerated to about 50 mph, Sikes turned off the > engine and coasted to a halt." > > Any reason he couldn't turn the engine off below 50 mph?

correction... any reason he couldn't turn the engine off ABOVE 50 mph?

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Mike Hunter
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