“What did your meter do when the CHP veteran was killed in a Toyota runaway acceleration?”
To be quite honest about it, the meter almost pegged itself on that one also. I still have a hard time believing that modern day brakes, built to be 5 times more powerful as the accompanying car’s engine, failed to stop that or any car.
So yes, sadly I do doubt the facts of that case.
I don’t believe anyone who doesn’t just put the car in neutral...stuck throttles were possible in the old days.
Happened once to me. Put the truck in neutral, moved to the side of the road, shut off the engine. Sprayed the linkage with WD40, tried it again - everything worked fine. Drove off without another thought. Never had a repeat.
It’s possible that the drive-by-wire system decided to ignore the brake or the automatic gear shift or both.
To be quite honest about it, the meter almost pegged itself on that one also. I still have a hard time believing that modern day brakes, built to be 5 times more powerful as the accompanying car’s engine, failed to stop that or any car.
So yes, sadly I do doubt the facts of that case.
I doubt very seriously that my car would stop if it was at full throttle. A big part of the vehicles stopping power is the engine and transmission