Sorry - the correct link is this - maybe a mod can fix?
http://jalopnik.com/5491101/did-bankrupt-runaway-prius-driver-fake-unintended-acceleration
This guy has scammer written all over him.
Maybe he'll get an Oscar.
Or maybe get arrested.
Yes.
If true, I hope Toyota sues him. They’ve got the money and lawyers to make it stick.
There’s another case where a car supposedly accelerated and hit a wall. You can bet a number of people looking to either cash in or get rid of of their cars or both will be pulling these stunts.
My car did this once. I was 16, new driver and the gas pedal just hit the floor without my having stepped on it and it took off full speed on a winding road with a cliff on each side. Talk about scared to death! I didn’t have alot of experience with cars but i did put it into neutral finally which wasn’t easy when i was trying to find neutral while trying to stay on the road. Engine still was running full bore. drifted to the side , pulled out the key and the damned engine was STILL revving!!!!
it was an oldsmobile and it turned out to be a problem with the cruise control system even though i wasn’t using the cruise control.
I knew it was fake when he was claiming his Prius was going over 80mph...
When he was interviewed and asked why he didn’t try putting the Prius into neutral, he said he was ‘afraid the car would flip...’ and I remember thinking, a tiny Prius, flip? And then maybe he was just not a ‘car guy’ but even though I don’t drive a Toyota, even I recall hearing ‘put it in neutral.’
Hope Toyota sues HIM!
*bingo*
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Hmmmmm......
One day when I was going to school, I stepped on the brake pedal and it went to the floor. I was approaching an intersection, so I pulled on the Emergency Brake Lever, downshifted and turned right at the corner so I wouldn't get hit by the cross traffic. I was able to stop it after I made the turn thanks to the low gearing in Second Gear.
I had probably been driving about three months at that point, and I knew what to do. Both my Brother and Father were Car Mechanics, and they have always used the term “operator error” when dealing with situations like the Prius Driver had. People are helpless when faced with out of the ordinary circumstances.