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oh hey, 911?
fohfoh:
wtf? How hard is it to put a car in neutral. My brakes froze once in my car and I did just that. People need to learn how to use their vehicles. Acceleration in neutral with the accel down like that would probably just give you shit high RPMs and maybe blow your engine, but seriously. A better alternative than what happened.
Klocknov:
I so agree with fohfoh...
SomeoneElse:
the only problem with that is that that particular car is completely drive by wire... there's no key, a button for ignition... and it goes forward, backward, or stopped...
This guy was a cop, and when he came to terminal velocity, to turn a phrase, his tires were apparently already on fire from the heat of the brakes...
He had no idea about the standard operation of the vehicle, because this was a rental...
bcr123:
--- Quote from: SomeoneElse on October 13, 2009, 10:29:39 PM ---the only problem with that is that that particular car is completely drive by wire... there's no key, a button for ignition... and it goes forward, backward, or stopped...
This guy was a cop, and when he came to terminal velocity, to turn a phrase, his tires were apparently already on fire from the heat of the brakes...
He had no idea about the standard operation of the vehicle, because this was a rental...
--- End quote ---
I actually had that experience once, scary as hell. My accelerator got caught under the floormat, I managed to hook my toe under the pedal and unstick it before running into anything but only after realizing the brakes weren't going to stop me. The only other solutions were to turn the engine off or stick it in neutral and let the engine go crazy (I'm not sure if there was a rev limiter on that truck)
A completely drive-by-wire car should have a failsafe: "If throttle is wide open and brakes are on full for more than 10 seconds then close throttle to idle and shift to neutral".
ASAFan:
You know, that would explain why the Prius I rented in June had no floor mats.
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