[TR] Off-topic -deadly floormats?

[John Innis]

Ok could he have shifted into neutral and let the blow the motor?  I
know in the Autocross world we have reminders at every evnet about how
to handle a stuck throttle.

On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 6:18 PM, Mark Hooper <mhooper at digiscreen.ca> wrote:
> I see the following on my local news site:
>
> Torrance-based Toyota Motor Sales USA announced Monday that dealers must
> make sure all Lexus and Toyota vehicles have the proper mats. California
> Highway Patrol Officer Mark Saylor, his wife, 13-year-old daughter and
> an in-law died Aug. 28 when a Lexus ES 350 loaned by a local dealer
> crashed.
>
> Witnesses say the car was doing more than 120 mph when it went off an
> embankment. The family's screams were heard in a 911 call. A preliminary
> investigation found that their loaner car had a mat from another Lexus
> model that may have caused the accelerator to get stuck.
>
>
> Can somebody tell me if Lexus's are normally wired so that one cannot
> simply turn off the ignition or stamp on the brakes if the engine gets
> stuck on full? I mean the people in the car had the time to make a 911
> call. Surely a police officer would have had the presence of mind to
> just turn off the car or shift to neutral or brake. Sounds like a rather
> weird situation to have such a dreadful outcome.
>
> Mark
> 1972 TR6
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