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Comment on Another Prius accelerates unintentionally, then crashes by DJ

DJ — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:23:01 +0000

When motor vehicle situations occur, they happen fast. Last week as I crested Scipio Summit on the I-15 with my truck– in 4WD at 30 MPH in the snow towing a livestock trailer with 3 goats– I suddenly lost traction on all four tires and (as tends to happen) the trailer started to swing around toward the front. I steered into the skid, overcorrected, corrected again, and managed to keep us on the road, facing the right direction, and out of the path of a semi in the fast lane. It scared the heck out of me, and terrified my wife.

The whole incident lasted maybe ten seconds, just long enough for me to think, “Oh my God, we’re going to crash.” I corrected by instinct, not conscious thought. Had I not grown up in snow, well, I might not be typing this today. Who knows how I’d react if my vehicle started accelerating unexpectedly?

Comment on Jerry Brown. Maverick politician by write30

write30 — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:37:46 +0000

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Comment on More on that unemployment benefit “debate” by Ten Bears

Ten Bears — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:53:58 +0000

I didn’t have any trouble at all the other day believing the note I got from AARP about the 331% increase in unemployment of 55 to 65 year old men.

Comment on Another Prius accelerates unintentionally, then crashes by Bob Morris

Bob Morris — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:37:49 +0000

He did step on the brakes, said he wore them out, and it wouldn’t shift into neutral. Might be panic, but might not be.

Comment on Another Prius accelerates unintentionally, then crashes by Ten Bears

Ten Bears — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:57:02 +0000

I would venture that a society populated by those without the presence of mind to step on the freakin’ brake and knock the car into neutral has the problem. If they’re too damned stupid to do even that then they’re too damned stupid to be behind the wheel of a motor vehicle in the first place.

Comment on Prius accelerates to 90 mph, wouldn’t brake, police box it in to stop it by Sue

Sue — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:04:02 +0000

Let’s get a kill switch, Bob.

Comment on How pedophile priest was allowed to evade justice by Ten Bears

Ten Bears — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:19:09 +0000

Can we start burning them now?

Comment on Prius accelerates to 90 mph, wouldn’t brake, police box it in to stop it by Bob Morris

Bob Morris — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:21:13 +0000

Update: Just realized, you can’t turn the ignition off unless it’s in Park. Putting it into Neutral could work if going uphill or on flat land, might get weird on a steep downgrade. Hmmm.

Comment on Prius accelerates to 90 mph, wouldn’t brake, police box it in to stop it by Bob Morris

Bob Morris — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:31:18 +0000

A friend on Facebook just said, why not just turn the ignition key off. Might work, but it would make steering sluggish and at 90 mph, that could get tricky

Comment on Prius accelerates to 90 mph, wouldn’t brake, police box it in to stop it by Sue

Sue — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:47:15 +0000

Thanks, Woody! I’ll cheerfully nag Bob until he has a kill switch installed!