People are idiots put the fricking thing in neutral and stop
My daughters friend from work had this happen to him. Was not a Prius, it was another Toyota model.
BS....probably driving while demoncrat.
I don’t believe it and I don’t like Toyota. I would take a Honda over a Toyo and own a Ford product which I like.
Toyos and Toyo Lexuses are over rated. Lots of times their owners are libs.
They probably caught him speeding and he just said the accelerator was stuck... LOL...
I didn’t even know Toyota make keyboards but I was in Best Buy today and picked this one uppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
I’m personally qequivocal as to whether this phenom is reality or fantasy. I believe Toyota generally builds fine quality cars.
But I would opine that there is a computer programming fault when, should the computer detect simultaneous “energetic” depression of *both* the brake and the gas pedals, it doesn’t either crank back the gas or assign priority to the brake. Or both.
Is there a reason (besides stupidity) why the ingition can’t be turned to the off position on these cars?
These stories are so implausible.
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local-beat/Runaway-Prius-Needs-Help-to-StopCHP-86965487.html
“”Sikes said his Prius seemed to be accelerating on its own — reaching speeds of more than 90 mph on Interstate 8 at one point — before he called the California Highway Patrol. A CHP officer was able to locate Sikes, then pull alongside him and instruct him over the patrol car’s PA system on how to slow the car down. Eventually, after the Prius stopped, the officer placed his patrol vehicle in front of the car as it came to a stop in the No. 1 lane of eastbound I-8. Initial reports from the CHP incorrectly stated that the patrol car pulled in front of the Prius, acting as an additional brake to get the car to stop.
Sikes said he was standing on the brake pedal, trying to slow down.
“I was on the brakes pretty healthy,” Sikes said. “It wasn’t stopping, it wasn’t doing anything to it, and just kept speeding up, kept going, and I called 911 right away, and they were trying to tell me what to do, but I couldn’t hold the phone and the steering wheel properly at the same time, so I just kept trying my methods, dropped the phone and it just kept going faster. I just stayed on the brakes as much as I could until finally they started smelling really bad and I had metal sounds coming in the car.”
Sikes said the CHP officer arrived shortly afterward and told him to use the emergency brake. He also tried to shut off the car, which it finally did, then he rolled to a stop near the La Posta Bridge in the area of the Golden Acorn Casino.””
A 50lb car at 50mph. Shouldn’t be hard. On a serious note, can they not be put in neutral? The rev limiter should keep the engine from blowing up.
Now why can't I believe that? Accelerating on it's own???
If he was hitting the foot feed in order to try to disengage, at some point before 90 MPH, I think I would get a clue.
I was driving a fire engine non emergency when the return spring on the gas pedal broke. Now that was a ride.
Journalism annoyance number 1037.
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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”.
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"?!.
I don’t buy it. This guy is just looking to sue, or for a new car.
I don’t understand why people are not turning the IGNITION off. Don’t Toyotas have keys? Ignitions?
There are some interesting discussions on UI at edmunds.com in the forums. One is “Toyota on the Mend 2010?” and the other is just about UI. Edmunds is going to sponsor a contest to get to the bottom of this, so put your thinking caps on, because I believe the prize is $1 million.