I saw the television interview with the driver. When asked why he didn’t put the car in neutral he said he was too busy driving in and out of traffic and couldn’t complete that complicated task. Somehow it was easier to pick up a cell phone, dial 911 and carry on a conversation while driving 90 miles an hour than to shift into neutral or turn the key to the off position.
This story stinks or this driver is nuts. Oh wait, the driver is from California; never mind.
Maybe Toyota needs to check the mental health of this guy. He could have been setting his family up for life on a lawsuit settlement by them claiming his death in a car accident was Toyota’s fault and then he chickened out on following through ramming his car into a wall at high speed.