Well, there's that. I guess there's no power steering then either though.
I probably would have gone for neutral. ( I don't know how many seconds you'd
have before the engine grenaded? ) Did he try the brakes, do you think?
>
> Too bad he didn't think of turning the key off. Duh.
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Bill Doom" <doom@cox.net>
>
> 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>
>
> > 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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