[Kaslin]

This Forced into smaller cars, thousands have died says it all

[mamelukesabre]

Uhhh, the prius isn’t so small...

[buccaneer81]

The schmuck had time and senses to dial 911? Gimme a break. I’ve driven a Prius (as a rental) and it’s all you can do to keep it OUT of neutral with the little knob for the transmission.

[CharlesWayneCT]

We can barely imagine the panic felt by James Sikes, 61, as his Toyota Prius accelerated uncontrollably while he drove down Interstate 8 in San Diego County.

We can imagine, because he told us he was scared to put the car in neutral because it might "flip". I put my Prius into neutral at 40mph tonight, and it nicely disconnected -- I still have to try at 90mph.

[Nuc1]

Further it makes people buy cars they don’t want because the price of cars you do want is driven up by CAFE standards. D@MN Congress critters!!

[Freddd]

Does make one wonder why he didn’t put it neutral and pull safely off the road.

But then the cop car couldn’t pull up, back up to his bumper and make that great photo op, eh?

[smokingfrog]

But even at 94 mph, he was still getting 36 mpg!

[38special]

Come on all you Toyota apologists, the problem is real. Sure the media is capitalizing on it but hey.

[M. Espinola]

Ship all the toys back to Toyotaland.