It’s not rocket science, put the transmisssion in neutral.
Search “runaway car” on google news… there was a towtruck in san fran that damaged 10 cars, and a police cruiser has caused trouble. Not all throttle related, but it is striking how uncontrollable vehicles are an issue part of the time. Neutral seems to be the logical solution that is least implemented.
this +1
not sick of hearing about it until Tacomas go to 0% for 60 months. 
I definately am not. This issue needs as much exposure as it can get until any companies in question get their heads out of their asses and start producing safe vehicles the FIRST TIME.
Or bury the brake pedal. Damned near all automobiles produced the past 20 or so years have braking systems that will overcome the drivetrain. You just can’t light toe the brake like you do for most stops. You have to try to drive it through the firewall, but it will stop it.
IIRC Motortrend or Car & Driver did a mini-study and most of the vehicles stopped, with the throttle firewalled and the brake pedal buried, within about 15% of the vehicles normal 70-0 distance.
Sick of it. Especially considering that it’s been a problem since the 80s and every car manufacturer out there has had issues with it. Some of them even as bad as Toyota.
This is a media distraction from the fact that our country is falling apart.
I’m totally sick of it.
Gotta prop up the unions and Gubmint Motors…
Yeah, these surprise me when the driver has the presence of mind to dial 911 and have a chat with the operator while doing 100 in the freeway, but doesn’t have the intelligence to put the vehicle into neutral and apply the brakes!?!?!?
Idiots shouldn’t have a driver’s license.
Cameron
:rolleyes:
EL CAJON, California – A California highway police 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 freeway near San Diego, authorities said.
Prius driver James Sikes said that the incident Monday occurred just two weeks after he had taken the vehicle in to an El Cajon dealership for repairs after receiving a recall notice, but he was turned away.
“I gave them my recall notice and they handed it back and said I’m not on the recall list,” Sikes said.
Sikes’ 2008 Prius was not covered by the accelerator recall – only the floor mat recall, ABC News reported. His Prius model allegedly has a different accelerator than the ones with “sticky” pedals. Sikes said there didn’t appear to be anything wrong with his floor mat, ABC reported.
In a statement, Toyota said it has dispatched a field technical specialist to San Diego to investigate the incident.
Toyota has recalled some 8.5 million vehicles worldwide – more than 6 million in the United States – since last fall because of acceleration problems in multiple models and braking issues in the Prius.
On Monday, 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 California Highway Patrol 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. :rolleyes:“They also got it going on a steep upgrade,” said Officer Jesse Udovich. “Between those three things, they got it to slow down.”
After the car decelerated to about 50 mph, Sikes turned off the engine and coasted to a halt.
The officer then maneuvered his car in front of the Prius as a precautionary block, Udovich said.
Toyota owners have complained of their vehicles speeding out of control despite efforts to slow down, sometimes resulting in deadly crashes. The government has received complaints of 34 deaths linked to sudden acceleration of Toyota vehicles since 2000.
One of the crashes claimed the life of a CHP officer in August.
Off-duty CHP Officer Mark Saylor was killed along with his wife, her brother and the couple’s daughter after their Lexus’ accelerator got stuck in La Mesa.
The Toyota-manufactured loaner vehicle slammed into a sport utility vehicle at about 100 mph, careened off the freeway, hit an embankment, overturned and burst into flames.
QFT. It would help to kill the ignition as well.
god forbid drivers learn how to execute an emergency maneuver for a hazardous situation they most likely created. SUA has been cried about by all manufacturers for the past 20 years with no hard evidence of anything. Because most of the time its driver stupidity. 20,000 complaints to the NHTSA and they only investigated 50 of them, because most of the time its total BS
Putting the car in Neutral and hitting the brakes is the only solution, if you kill the ignition you will lose control because your power steering will also become very heavy.
Logic is no longer accepted as a valid form of argument in this country! Go back to your hole sir!!!
In 90% of situations (unless a law is broken) the individual in this country is no longer held responsible for their situation. There is always an “other” that is some how more guilty then the individuals involved.
I think you’re onto something here.
I guess I just don’t see how hard it is to push hard on the brakes, put the thing in neutral (especially with a stick shift, but I swear I am about the last of that dying breed), and turn off the key.
http://www.gryphonsecurity.com/homelandpdc.htm
Each student is also taught to operate their protective vehicle effectively and safely during emergency situations.
most drivers are horrible. they don’t use common sense in non-emergency situations. i wouldn’t expect them to get a sudden dose when something goes wrong.
Must be above my security clearance as I cannot see anything but white when I open this link. 
Buckaroo
Every time I hear about it I wonder how many of the reports are legit and how many are scams. You know, with this kind of exposure, there are plenty of people out there thinking, “How can I cash in on this?” It happens every time the media goes off on one of these tangents.
I agree. If I could I’d still go buy a new Tacoma tomorrow.