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Runaway Prius Needed Help to Stop: CHP
NBCSanDiego.com ^ | 3/8/10 | R. STICKNEY

Posted on 03/08/2010 6:42:10 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo

California Highway Patrol officers say their patrol car acted as a brake for a Toyota Prius with a stuck accelerator Monday.

The car, headed eastbound on Interstate 8, was going at a high rate of speed because the accelerator was stuck, according to CHP spokesperson Brian Pennings.

The patrol car moved in front of the Prius and engaged its brakes to bring the Prius to a stop, according to CHP.

The car eventually stopped on the highway near the La Posta Bridge in the area of the Golden Acorn Casino.

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcsandiego.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: automakers; brakes; chp; lawsuits; lawyerswetdreams; legalextortion; prius; recall; toyota
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

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81 posted on 03/08/2010 7:43:53 PM PST by VOA
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To: gunsequalfreedom

I’ve read some other articles regarding new control systems in cars.

Emergency Brake is another oddball function, which varies widely from new controls to the next.

Some apply the emergency brake upon a double tap on the brakes. Of course, when driving a new rental down the freeway at 70 mph and one suspects the emergency brake is on, slightly double taps the brakes and the car slamms down to a 2mph roll in the fast lane, it’s easy to form some strong opinions regarding newer car controls.

Personally, I’d go back to more conventional controls until the society can adapt, but then again I still tune my carburetor, turn on my headlights and open my door locks with the key. I’m scared to get into a car newer than 2000.


82 posted on 03/08/2010 7:44:46 PM PST by Cvengr (Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
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To: gunsequalfreedom

Destroying the brakes on a Prius to get out of a ticket would not sound like an attractive option to me.


83 posted on 03/08/2010 7:45:21 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (I am in America but not of America (per bible: am in the world but not of it))
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo
Not on my Ford.

I my Ford, any key works in the ignition. But, to start it you have to step on the brake an pump the cluth twice, holding the clutch to the floor on the second pump while turning the key.

I'd fix the key but there is no need since no one can figure out out to start it.

84 posted on 03/08/2010 7:46:12 PM PST by gunsequalfreedom
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To: -YYZ-

Where do dogs bark?

In a barking lot.


85 posted on 03/08/2010 7:47:06 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (I am in America but not of America (per bible: am in the world but not of it))
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To: -YYZ-

Back-up?

I don’t think the Prius is bought by very smart people...


86 posted on 03/08/2010 7:47:37 PM PST by Mr Rogers (I loathe the ground he slithers on!)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Apple Founder Wozniak: Prius SOFTWARE Also Causing Out-of-Control Acceleration

“In today’s Silicon Alley Insider, the legendary Apple founder, Steve Wozniak, says “his new Toyota Prius occasionally goes insane on the highway—and that it’s a software problem, not a hardware problem. He has tried to tell Toyota and the US government, but they won’t listen.”

Scary. Wozniak’s says his 2010 Toyota Prius will “unintentionally accelerate to as much as 97 miles (156 kilometers) per hour when he uses cruise control to increase his speed”.

http://www.wonderhowto.com/wonderment/apple-founder-wozniak-prius-software-also-causing-control-acceleration-0113892/


87 posted on 03/08/2010 7:48:28 PM PST by Proud_USA_Republican ("The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.")
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To: -YYZ-
“B”? What the heck does “B” stand for?

Let me know when you get an answer to that one.

88 posted on 03/08/2010 7:48:33 PM PST by gunsequalfreedom
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To: Mr Rogers

Me either! What the heck is “B” on the shifter?


89 posted on 03/08/2010 7:49:35 PM PST by Inyo-Mono (Had God not driven man from the Garden of Eden the Sierra Club surely would have.)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo
California Highway Patrol officers say their patrol car acted as a brake for a Toyota Prius with a stuck accelerator Monday.

Welcome to the "No can do wrong Toyota Gods". Payback is a bitch, ain't it?

Sincerely,

The (out of work)Dodge/Jeep/Chrysler Boys. Enjoy your "American made Toyota"?!.

90 posted on 03/08/2010 7:50:22 PM PST by danmar (Life is hard enough, even harder if you're stupid! John Wayne)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

hahahahaha, sorry, showed my age. Now I have to go to the icebox to get a cold drink.


91 posted on 03/08/2010 7:50:22 PM PST by annieokie
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To: Farmer Dean
Or turn the ignition off(without locking the steering wheel)

That can affect your steering and brakes. Best to wait until stopped to kill the ignition.

Jam on the brakes, and put the thing in neutral first.

92 posted on 03/08/2010 7:50:51 PM PST by IYAS9YAS (The townhalls were going great until the oPods showed up.)
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To: Proud_USA_Republican

Darn! He must think he’s indestructible or sumfin, playing around with that thing if it has proven treacherous like that. (The car may also hate him because it runs Windows.)


93 posted on 03/08/2010 7:51:00 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (I am in America but not of America (per bible: am in the world but not of it))
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Thanks, I was driving down a hill when it happend. It took a few seconds to figure out what was going on. I was able to get my boot under the pedal and pull it back.


94 posted on 03/08/2010 7:51:56 PM PST by UB355 (Slower traffic keep right)
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To: notpoliticallycorewrecked
I believe that the computer sensor has to recognize that brake is on to allow you to put it into park or neutral.

Park, yes. Neutral, no. It is a basic safety mechanism to be able to shift to neutral, unimpeded, from drive or reverse.

95 posted on 03/08/2010 7:52:11 PM PST by IYAS9YAS (The townhalls were going great until the oPods showed up.)
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To: annieokie

;-)


96 posted on 03/08/2010 7:53:35 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (Armed And Cantankerous.)
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To: All

Toyota is just the one caught in the spot light, this is nothing new.

Some of it has to do with vehicle emissions which electronics help reduce.

They’re cheaper than traditional mechanical connection between the pedal and the throttle, such as a cable and linkage.
http://legacy.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20040327/news_lz1d27throttl.html

Number of complaints to NHTSA about unintended acceleration
YEAR COMPLAINTS
1987 2,284
1988 2,930
1989 2,442
1990 2,382
1991 1,939
1992 1,526
1993 1,315
1994 1,321
1995 1,016
1996 912
1997 783
1998 756
1999 1,647
2000 1,382
Source: A mid-2001 analysis of NHTSA records for Sudden Acceleration: The Myth of Driver Error, by J. Castelli, C. Nash, C. Ditlow, M. Pecht

In the 1980s, Audi of America was nearly driven out of the United States by claims that its Audi 5000 sedan was prone to accelerate suddenly and uncontrollably.

Claims dropped after Audi installed shift-lock mechanisms, which require a motorist to step on the brake before shifting into drive or reverse. All vehicles with automatic transmissions, including those with electronic throttles, now have shift locks.

http://www.autosafety.org/again-nhtsa-probes-sudden-acceleration-march-22-2004
http://www.forthepeople.com/sudden_acceleration.htm


97 posted on 03/08/2010 7:54:43 PM PST by Irenic
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo
Yep......

Neutral.

Key.

Brakes.

Swap the last two, otherwise you may cut power to your brakes and make it harder to stop.

98 posted on 03/08/2010 7:56:37 PM PST by IYAS9YAS (The townhalls were going great until the oPods showed up.)
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To: al baby
“People are idiots put the fricking thing in neutral and stop”

There is a lockout that prevents you from putting it into neutral without decreasing speed a certain percentage within so many seconds.

99 posted on 03/08/2010 7:57:18 PM PST by dalereed
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To: DJ MacWoW
Put the thing in neutral to disengage the tranny.

You forgot one thing...the Prius is a hybrid with different plumbing altogether!

100 posted on 03/08/2010 7:58:02 PM PST by danmar (Life is hard enough, even harder if you're stupid! John Wayne)
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