Too bad he didn't think of turning the key off. Duh.
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From: "Bill Doom" <doom@cox.net>
Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 6:15 PM
To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Spridgets Digest, Vol 31, Issue 64
Bob,
What actually happened was a cop was driving the car off duty. He had his
wife, Sister and Brother in law in the car. They were driving down the
freeway. The freeway comes to an end and you have to make a left or a
right.
The throttle stuck wide open they were doing over a 100 mph when they ran
out of road. The car launched over the curb and into a ditch. All in the
car were killed. The brother in law was on the phone with 911 when the cop
was trying to unstick the throttle. He avoided quite a few cars that were
stopped at the light saving untold lives. But unable to save his or his
families. There was talk about him getting an award for avoiding all the
other cars. Dont know if that happened or not. The car was a "loaner" from
a dealership while his was getting worked on. The person who had the car
before the cop complained that the throttle was sticking. No one supposedly
looked into it. The recall that I saw was to remove both front floor mats.
Problem solved. What a waste of life.
Bill in San Diego
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Gardner" <rdgard@cox.net>
To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 1:27 PM
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Spridgets Digest, Vol 31, Issue 64
> There was an accident in San Diego where a Lexus went full throttle and
> hit
> a cop and killed the cop and some others. It turned out that it was a
> rental and the previous renter told the little twit receptionist about
> that
> happening to him and she did not mention it to any one.
>
> What happened in this case was that the wrong floor mat was put into the
> car
> and the gas pedal got jammed on the floor mat and went WOT. I think this
> where it all started.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Bob in San Diego
>
>
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>
> Message: 8
> Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:07:31 -0800
> From: Bill Gilroy <wmgilroy@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Don't Stop Me Now! - No LBC
> To: Frank <spritenut@comcast.net>
> Cc: spridgets@autox.team.net
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> That is the current fix. I am not so sure that will fix the problem.
> That
> recall applies to many cars and trucks that do not share a common floor
> pan
> or common mats. My feeling is that it could be some type of problem with
> the cars software, maybe at a system or hardware interface. Time will
> tell;
> if the floor mat/pedal change stops the acceleration problems then I may
> be
> wrong.
>
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