A panicked driver, who knows little or nothing about driving, might pump the brakes 250 times — instead of holding them down long enough to be effective. A devious schemer would pump the brakes, and the accelerator hundreds of times; to attempt to simulate a runaway auto situation.
The 911 operator tried to get him to put the car into neutral — several times. He claimed to be too busy to do that.
He claimed to be too busy to do that.
Yeah. This is what I can’t figure out. He WASN’T too busy to call 911 on his cell phone - a task far more difficult than slipping the car into neutral...
He actually did it to damage the brakes by overheating. He did this over several days thinking the damage would be “evidence” of continued hard brake application. He didn’t realize that it is actually evidence to the contrary given how Prius braking systems work. By the way, the reason the computer logged 250 brake applications is because that’s the limit. He applied those brakes at least 250 times (and not over the course of time/miles he claimed to have driven).