Runaway Toyota Prius 911 Tape
 

Audio Tape from runaway Prius Driver in California

http://jalopnik.com/5489553/runaway-...ape-im-over-90

didn't know that hyde was visting california.

Did the car's transmission actually refuse to shift into neutral?

:thumbsup:

do people not know how to turn off their cars?

The guy was "scared of being rear ended" on the highway if he had shut off his engine...:rolleyes:

Situation seems fishy to me... seems like he's just trying to make some money out of it by suing Toyota.

^ Agreed, he probably is doing that.

http://www.toyotasimulator.com/

LOL

he should've put his hazard lights on if he was scared of getting rear ended before even attempting to shut off his engine or put it in neutral which wasn't even the case, i call bullshit.

he's retired, probably lost all his investment in the recession. This is his last ditch effort to get $$

:rolleyes: ignorant is a blessing?

I'd rather get rear ended as my car slows down (shutting off engine) than rear ending someone at 94MPH.

Still think its America's way of getting Toyota out of the market =T

lol either he's a dumbass or trying to benefit from the sticky pedals in the court room.

"I'M OVER 90!"

lol

he should of done it to one of the cars that actually got the recall ... so at least people would sort of belie him lol

one of the Comments I read on Jalopnik. Sorta true. :lol

"Hey, how come unintended acceleration only ever happens in the US?"

But won't turning off the car also stop the pedal brake from working?

push button autostart

what? are you serious?

Unintended acceleration happens all over the world. Don't know why people think it's a US only issue. That's about as stupid as saying only the US has car accidents.

Don't know what kind of money he's going to get out of this. No injuries to anyone, no accident, minor brake repair bill for his car. Wondering why people think he's going to file a lawsuit and try to get a bunch of money when nothing happened.

Unless he's an attention whore. :)

turning off ur car while in motion makes the airbags go off, its a built in safety feature.

I don't know about newer cars, but at least in my 94 Integra, if your car is turned off, the brake pedal won't depress after you step on it a couple of times (not that you'll be releasing your foot off the brake pedal after you stepped on it in that kind of situation).

I guess he shouldn't have turned off his car then. Going over 90, then getting smacked in the face by his airbags wouldn't have resulted well.