Panic button

ramarren · 08-18-2006, 11:29 AM

I agree with the above sentiment ... It is, after all, just a car.

But I wonder why the car would not power down if the key went out of range. Seems to me that would be a sensible security measure. I may not be thinking through all the possibilities, of course.

Godfrey

HokieHybrid · 08-18-2006, 11:54 AM

Godfrey did you consider the safety issue of a car just randomly shutting off at full speed? But imho when the fob goes out of range it should at least start beeping and flashing at you (inside...maybe outside).

Alnilam · 08-18-2006, 12:16 PM

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... It is, after all, just a car.

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Godfrey Daniel!! (As my mentor W.C. Fields often said.)

I can't believe I read those words in the hallowed halls of PriusChat! The obvious result of a valueless liberal education.

All I can do is remember what the immortal Jack Benny said in similar circumstances:

With a gun pointed at your head and the impatient hijacker screaming in your ear, "Your Prius or your life!" there is but one correct answer....

"I'm thinking......I'm thinking...."

markymags · 08-18-2006, 12:46 PM

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Godfrey Daniel!! (As my mentor W.C. Fields often said.)

I can't believe I read those words in the hallowed halls of PriusChat! The obvious result of a valueless liberal education.

All I can do is remember the words of the immortal Jack Benny in similar circumstances:

With a gun pointed at your head and the impatient hijacker screaming in your ear, "Your Prius or your life!" there is but one correct answer....

"I'm thinking......I'm thinking...."
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It's nice to get a good laugh in the morning! =)

ramarren · 08-18-2006, 01:11 PM

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did you consider the safety issue of a car just randomly shutting off at full speed? But imho when the fob goes out of range it should at least start beeping and flashing at you (inside...maybe outside).
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Um, I wasn't thinking about the case of being on the highway and tossing the fob out the window, no. :-)

I was thinking of the case where the door was opened and the fob left the interior of the car, went out of range. If the range is 16-30 feet, if someone hopped in and mashed the pedal to the floor while I was laying on the ground, it would shut off after 30 feet and coast to a stop. Can't be going all that fast in 30 feet and, well, if someone is trying to steal the car they're going to get out and go running away from my bruised and battered body, most likely... they don't want to return to me in the event that police or other people arrive.

Godfrey

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I can't believe I read those words in the hallowed halls of PriusChat! The obvious result of a valueless liberal education.

All I can do is remember the words of the immortal Jack Benny in similar circumstances:

With a gun pointed at your head and the impatient hijacker screaming in your ear, "Your Prius or your life!" there is but one correct answer....

"I'm thinking......I'm thinking...."
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LOL ... Old JB was a bit more of a fanatic than I would be. :-)

G

Ichabod · 08-18-2006, 01:28 PM

I could see it being a huge problem to shut the car off in motion. You're likely to experience that many more times than being carjacked too. As in the key-out-the-window-on-the-highway example above (maybe your small child threw your purse out the window) or any number of more routine circumstances.

And yes, it does beep at you if you take the fob outside the vehicle. Try it some time. My first experience with that was in a grocery store parking lot. I put the car in park and got out. For some reason it beeped at me a few times and the door wouldn't lock

Tom_06 · 08-18-2006, 01:42 PM

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I could see it being a huge problem to shut the car off in motion. You're likely to experience that many more times than being carjacked too. As in the key-out-the-window-on-the-highway example above (maybe your small child threw your purse out the window) or any number of more routine circumstances.
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An even more common circumstance: SKS and fob battery death. The fob battery will most likely die while the system is in use. As it is, it will just beep at you until you put the fob in the dash slot or replace the battery.

- Tom

bruceha_2000 · 08-18-2006, 01:58 PM

I say, let him/her take the car, they can't get more than 500 or so miles before the car is unusable to them. Just let me get my cell phone out of the console to call my wife to pick me up. I'm sure they would trust me not to call 911.

Three60guy · 08-18-2006, 02:31 PM

Well you could actually equip your Prius with technology that would tell you where it was.

No kidding:

Check this out.....

Real time vehicle tracking

$500 plus the cost of "pinging" the car when you want to find it. They said something like a "quarter" to do that.

You may laugh but who the heck knows? The Prius someday may become so popular that it might be a good candidate to being stolen. A solution like this could be an answer.

Ok, flame me. hehe

08-18-2006, 01:28 PM	#16
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08-18-2006, 11:29 AM	#11
ramarren Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California Posts: 96 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	I agree with the above sentiment ... It is, after all, just a car. But I wonder why the car would not power down if the key went out of range. Seems to me that would be a sensible security measure. I may not be thinking through all the possibilities, of course. Godfrey

08-18-2006, 11:54 AM	#12
HokieHybrid Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 196 My Car: 2006 Prius Package: #6 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Godfrey did you consider the safety issue of a car just randomly shutting off at full speed? But imho when the fob goes out of range it should at least start beeping and flashing at you (inside...maybe outside).

08-18-2006, 01:58 PM	#18
bruceha_2000 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: South Burlington, VT Posts: 2,203 My Car: 2004 Prius Package: #8 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	I say, let him/her take the car, they can't get more than 500 or so miles before the car is unusable to them. Just let me get my cell phone out of the console to call my wife to pick me up. I'm sure they would trust me not to call 911.

08-18-2006, 02:31 PM	#19
Three60guy Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Racine, Wisconsin Posts: 765 My Car: 2006 Prius Package: #8 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 1	Well you could actually equip your Prius with technology that would tell you where it was. No kidding: Check this out..... Real time vehicle tracking $500 plus the cost of "pinging" the car when you want to find it. They said something like a "quarter" to do that. You may laugh but who the heck knows? The Prius someday may become so popular that it might be a good candidate to being stolen. A solution like this could be an answer. Ok, flame me. hehe