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1 posted on 03/09/2010 8:02:35 AM PST by Sub-Driver
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Was he a UAW member by any chance?


2 posted on 03/09/2010 8:03:24 AM PST by BallyBill (WARNING:Taking me serious could cause stress related illness.)
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Doesn’t pass the smell test.


3 posted on 03/09/2010 8:03:49 AM PST by cweese (Hook 'em Horns!!!)
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Was it being driven by Al Gore’s son?


4 posted on 03/09/2010 8:03:53 AM PST by rightwingintelligentsia
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Turning off the key doesn’t work?


5 posted on 03/09/2010 8:03:59 AM PST by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannolis. Take it to the Mattress.")
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Must have been going downhill.


6 posted on 03/09/2010 8:04:10 AM PST by johniegrad
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On the plus side, the car’s batteries are now charged for life.


9 posted on 03/09/2010 8:05:19 AM PST by exit82 (Democrats are the enemy of freedom. Sarah Palin is our Esther.)
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Check and see if he wanted to get rid of the car, was behind on payments, etc.


11 posted on 03/09/2010 8:05:45 AM PST by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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Reached 90mph, but how much carbon did it release into the atmosphere? What is the world coming to? This is hugh and series.


14 posted on 03/09/2010 8:07:32 AM PST by equalitybeforethelaw
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Rogue Toyotas. Coming to a movie theater near you.
Kind of like the SUV stories where they would just take off and crash in to trees and other cars with no regard for the driver. Given what’s going on, this story really looks like a plant. Like the GM pickup trucks that would explode on impact (with a little help of a pyro device).


15 posted on 03/09/2010 8:07:55 AM PST by Texas resident (Hunkered Down)
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I do not see how putting the car into neutral and turning the key off did not stop this car. I question if he even tried it.

Something stinks here, and not just this guy’s brakes...


16 posted on 03/09/2010 8:08:10 AM PST by Bean Counter (I keeps mah feathers numbered, for just such an emergency...)
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Conveniently runs away after the fact. Yeah right.


17 posted on 03/09/2010 8:08:24 AM PST by SouthTexas (Exterminate the rats!)
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I didn't know a Prius could go that fast.
If my car was doing that, and the brakes didn't work, I'd turn off the engine
or put the transmission in neutral but I would NOT reach for the phone at 90 mph.
Something does not smell right.
19 posted on 03/09/2010 8:09:50 AM PST by BitWielder1 (Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)
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Why can’t you just slam these runaway cars into neutral?

SnakeDoc


21 posted on 03/09/2010 8:11:09 AM PST by SnakeDoctor (The night is darkest just before the dawn, but [...] the dawn is coming. -- Harvey Dent)
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22 posted on 03/09/2010 8:12:03 AM PST by Uri’el-2012 (Psalm 119:174 I long for Your salvation, YHvH, Your law is my delight.)
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Sounds fishy... But... Why don’t people just put the car into neutral... Have automatic transmissions made us that dumb?


26 posted on 03/09/2010 8:13:39 AM PST by xenob
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I intitally thought that these people were just too dumb to turn off the engine, put the car in neutral or use the brake or e-brakes. Since then I have heard of this happening to a friend of a friend and he did all those things and they didnt work.


28 posted on 03/09/2010 8:14:57 AM PST by Hacklehead (Liberalism is the art of taking what works, breaking it, and then blaming conservatives.)
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PUT. IT. IN. NEUTRAL. YOU. IDIOT.


29 posted on 03/09/2010 8:14:58 AM PST by 60Gunner (But there's this one particular harbor...)
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Fishy story. Never once did the driver nor the police attempt to put the car in neutral.


30 posted on 03/09/2010 8:15:50 AM PST by avacado
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It save gas by killing the driver.


33 posted on 03/09/2010 8:17:08 AM PST by bmwcyle (Free the Navy Seals)
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And not one of these people knows how to shift into neutral.


35 posted on 03/09/2010 8:17:38 AM PST by Darksheare (Tar is cheap, and feathers are plentiful.)
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