Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Simple but effective?

Am I missing something? This business about accelerators in Toyota cars sticking - recent story about a motorist in America who pressed the accelerator to overtake another vehicle and then found it had stuck and he couldn't slow down, so what did he do? He slammed the brake pedal to the floor, yanked on the handbrake and that didn't work, but eventually, thanks to going up a hill and the help of a Highway patrol car that got in front of him and slowly backed up into him he came to a stop. So - scary situation, but the obvious question is - why didn't he just put the car in neutral and/or turn off the engine? Like I say, am I missing something?

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