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11-05-2009, 11:00 AM
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Friends: 10 |  High tech solution to runaway Prius problem A new safety device has been developed that will effectively stop runaway Toyotas. Sizing is dependent on vehicle size and road conditions:  Tom |
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Friends: 23 | Re: High tech solution to runaway Prius problem This picture was taken just seconds before this guy's run-away Prius (not in picture) smashed into the airplane (foreground).  |
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Friends: 9 | Re: High tech solution to runaway Prius problem You can just jump out of the car.... |
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Friends: 12 | Re: High tech solution to runaway Prius problem No doubt that once the inevitable class action lawsuit settles, every owner of every car with a push-button starter, will receive a letter with a scary decal they will have to paste around the starter button. It will be worded like this, and probably have that yellow and black caution graphic around the border: "In an emergency, push and hold power button for at least 3 seconds to turn off motor. Doing so may result in loss of power steering and power brake assist, resulting in a crash. Not dong so may result in a crash. Just driving the car may result in a crash. You should have just stayed in bed this morning, which may also result in a crash"
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If I recall, that design was abandoned after its first use, during a takeoff accident. | |
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Friends: 20 | Re: High tech solution to runaway Prius problem The solution is easy ... take your wire cutters and remove the troublesome software:  That Prius will never 'run away' again! Bob Wilson |
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Friends: 11 | Re: High tech solution to runaway Prius problem I was driving with my dad in the car yesterday and he brought up the runaway Toyota syndrome because he apparently saw the piece on ABC News. So, I demonstrated the 3 second hold of the Power button and told him "That's the piece of information that would have saved the life of the people in the Lexus." I also demonstrated shifting to N. I don't know how the shifter works in the Lexus, but if I had a runaway vehicle, I would shift to N and let the engine destroy itself, especially if it were a rental car.  |
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