[Spridgets] Toyota Gas Pedal rant

[Ron Soave]

Must be the topic - unintended send before finishing. Anyway, I think both
poor drivers and product deficiencies are at fault here, but the product needs
to be fixed.

--- On Sat, 3/13/10, Ron Soave <soavero at yahoo.com> wrote:

>
From: Ron Soave <soavero at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Spridgets]  Toyota Gas
Pedal rant
> To: "spridget" <spridgets at autox.team.net>
> Date: Saturday, March
13, 2010, 9:53 AM
> --- On Sat, 3/13/10, David Booker
> <tncarnut1 at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> > Maybe. A modern unmodified car? No way. A Hybrid of
> all
> >
things? Give me a
> > break.
> > 
> > Shift into neutral. Turn it off. 
> 
>
Yes, I agree that the "runaway car" theory is ridiculous.
> But at, say, 68
MPH you are traveling 100 ft/second. Let's
> say you're on the LIE - is there
even 100 feet between you
> and the car in front of you at 68 MPH?? Do you
slow down
> when you go onto the exit ramp more than 100 feet before you
>
need to brake or turn? If the throttle system malfunctions,
> you've maybe got
1/2  look at your stop watch and press
> try to start/stop within, say, 1/2 a
second. Like it or not,
> even the best drivers can't process that a car is
not
> decelerating, put it into neutral, hold the off button for 2
> seconds,
or mash the brake and not instinctively lift off it
> in 1/2 a second. That's
the problem that warrants attention.
> I rent a car every 2 or 3 weeks. Most
now have push buttons
> where you keep the key in your pocket. I find it
stupid and
> unintuitive to push and hold a button to make the car stop
> (on
my race car, I slap an ignition kill switch, and I have
> had the throttle
>
stick and break at speed a few memorable times).
> 
> 
> 
>