Runaway Prius 911 Call Released - Listen here

[Danny]

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Runaway Prius 911 Call Released - Listen here

James Sikes' 911 call to authorities was released last night, and we have the full conversation available for listening below.
"My car can't slow down," he began when a California Highway Patrol dispatcher answered his call.
During the two 911 calls, Sikes ignored many of the dispatcher's questions, saying later that he had to put his phone on the seat to keep his hands on the wheel.
Leighann Parks, a 24-year-old dispatcher, repeatedly told him to throw the car into neutral but got no answers.
Full audio:

[snead_c]

Originally Posted by Danny

A new story entry has been added:

Runaway Prius 911 Call Released - Listen here

Thanks Danny but I can't get anything to play...
Charlie

[kansasguy51]

The link for the audio file does not appear to be working. Irony?

[puppeto]

Having already listened to it I feel like the guy was wanting to document this instead of fearing for his life. He wants to get money out of this and the smell of BS is overwhelming (his 2008 bankruptcy would be more motivation).

For someone in a Corvette owners club he sure as hell seems clueless as to how to drive....

That's my 2 cents anyway. Karma will get this guy in the end.

[HTMLSpinnr]

Despite the calls of BS - I can clearly hear the engine at almost max speed several times.

[HI MPG]

Originally Posted by HTMLSpinnr

Despite the calls of BS - I can clearly hear the engine at almost max speed several times.

True, but what is not known is whether that was truly cause by unintended acceleration or his lead foot on the pedal...

[zenMachine]

Originally Posted by HI MPG

True, but what is not known is whether that was truly cause by unintended acceleration or his lead foot on the pedal...

Exactly.

I wouldn't be surprised if he stopped talking just so that the engine sound could be heard!

[Codyroo]

Just asking.....

1) I don't understand why the car didn't make it up to 109 mph or so

2) If you floored the car to attain the 100+ mph and then moderately rode the brake to keep the car's speed around 95 mph, how long do you think you'd have to ride it before it produced a nasty brake smell?

The CHP officer (from other threads) stated he could see the brake lights on and smelled the brakes, but you could reproduce the same effect by mashing the accelerator and moderately riding the brakes at the same time, couldn't you?

I'm thankful no one else was hurt and I hope "the truth" whatever "the truth" might be, comes out on this.....although, I don't think it ever will.

I do think this person will file a lawsuit against Toyota. I think this is a driving reason why so many on this forum are "defending" Toyota.

There have been so many "instances" of people piling on when a company is down, that folks are cynical. I would remind people of the "syringe in a Pepsi can" incident. Then all of a sudden, there are multiple claims of syringes in Pepsi cans, all of them debunct. One woman was even caught on a store security camera opening the can in the checkout line, placing the syringe in the can, taking a sip and then exclaiming for all around to hear about the syringe in her can. The vibe is similar

[drees]

Originally Posted by Codyroo

2) If you floored the car to attain the 100+ mph and then moderately rode the brake to keep the car's speed around 95 mph, how long do you think you'd have to ride it before it produced a nasty brake smell?

Not only that - but at 90+ mph, how much of that brake smell would actually make it into the car?

Having smoked/faded a number of brakes in my time, I've only noticed the smell when following behind another car (usually a truck going down a long grade) or after stopping after some "spirited" driving.

[prioki]

This whole thing smells so fishy. Wonder how much they're paying him??