Lexus HS

[241Commuter]

Time to revisit - although the thread title is all wrong now.

There was another Prius that accelerated in the San Diego area. The 911 operator tried to get him to shift to neutral - looks like he never did. How can a person with enough presence of mind to call 911 be freaked out enough not to go into neutral, or push that damn ignition switch for 3 seconds. Surely, surely, after all publicity on this he would know how to do that.

The crazy part is that this is the second sudden acceleration episode on his Prius. The first was just a little blip that fixed itself. One would think he would have been better prepared with that little warning.

What he's saying is that the pedal got stuck, but it wasn't the mat. There was some other bind.

Whatever, the brake cut-off available on European cars would have fixed this. If Lexus can put lunatic lawyer-mandated notices all over my car, they can design them with fail-safe brakes. Our realtor friend with the Prius is not the biggest idiot out there, and the brakes have to accommodate him, and even worse, the grandma with the hot coffee from McD's.


Hmm...

The officer found the floor mat properly placed and the accelerator and brake pedals in correct resting position.

The mat is right and the accelerator resting in the correct position. Hey there, Toyota. Another compelling data-point for software failure for you to ignore!!!!