[TR] Off-topic -deadly floormats?

[Bill]

For what it is worth, I drive a 2009 Toyota Venza, which has the same 
remote key lock/start/stop key as the Lexus ...  To start you simply 
have the key in  your pocket, step on the brake, START/STOP turns 
green, push, car starts.

This morning I started the car and drove down the road, pushed the 
START/STOP ... nothing, stepped on brake, pushed ... nothing. 
However I could easily slip the transmission to neutral.

Granted I was not going 120, closer to 20, but it would indeed go to neutral.


>  >Surely a police officer would have had the presence of mind to
>>just turn off the car or shift to neutral or brake.Too many times in the past
>I have met or known police officers that have little or no knowledge of common
>functional remedies to mechanical problems.  Also, many have demonstrated
>little basic knowledge of firearms handling other than required range
>qualification.   I recall one incident where an officer was leaving his loaded
>duty weapon on top of the TV at home with his children present.
>
>Best regards,
>
>Tom

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Bill Pugh
anabil007 at comcast.net
Wallace, CA