Runaway Prius

**korndawg** · 03-09-2010, 05:30 AM

This isn't gonna help......

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_runaway_prius

**allbaugh_04** · 03-09-2010, 05:43 AM

How long would it take to notice that you are accelerating in one of these?

Why not turn the car off right away!!!

**Spaz** · 03-09-2010, 06:14 AM

i wonder how long it took that car to hit 95...

**pecha** · 03-09-2010, 06:16 AM

aren't they no-key, push-button-to-start which makes turning the engine off complicated?

**tpilews** · 03-09-2010, 06:19 AM

Yeah, that guy could have done a bunch of different things to stop the car before going 20 miles on the highway. Put it in neutral and then shut the engine down.

**tpilews** · 03-09-2010, 06:20 AM

Originally Posted by pecha

aren't they no-key, push-button-to-start which makes turning the engine off complicated?

Yeah, it's push the button to turn on, push the button to turn off. Pretty difficult.

**310stanger** · 03-09-2010, 06:22 AM

Originally Posted by Spaz

i wonder how long it took that car to hit 95...

hahahahaha so true. my mom has one and that car is slow as shit. A runaway prius out of control............... getting passed by kids on their mountain bikes lmao

**pecha** · 03-09-2010, 06:22 AM

Originally Posted by tpilews

Yeah, it's push the button to turn on, push the button to turn off. Pretty difficult.

at 61yo and in panic a lot of things are pretty difficult

I don't think it's as easy as just pushing the button to stop the engine, it wouldn't make sense as you could stop the engine by accidently tapping the button when you don't want to

**310stanger** · 03-09-2010, 06:24 AM

ps. yes the car shouldnt "run away" but you have to be completely retarded to not know how to make it stop as it has a fucking POWER button, a PARK button etc

I sware, regardless of the issue toyota is having, some of these people clearly shouldnt be driving a car to begin with. Thats what part of driving is. As drivers you are supposed to know what to do in emergency situations. Not just put your hands up and pray when something goes wrong.

**SiggyZ** · 03-09-2010, 06:29 AM

My dad has one of the first models and it has a whopping 78 ponies.

Originally Posted by Spaz

i wonder how long it took that car to hit 95...

**SiggyZ** · 03-09-2010, 06:30 AM

You can't shut those cars off while in drive. It has to be in park.

Originally Posted by tpilews

Yeah, it's push the button to turn on, push the button to turn off. Pretty difficult.

**ntimid8r** · 03-09-2010, 06:31 AM

The driver said he didn't want to turn off the engine and having no power steering. That road is sort of a mountain road and has turns. It's easy to say he should've shut the motor off and "man handled" the steering a bit....but the guy is 61 years old.

**SiggyZ** · 03-09-2010, 06:33 AM

I agree. And until any of us are in a situation like that, we just don't know what the reaction will be.

Originally Posted by ntimid8r

The driver said he didn't want to turn off the engine and having no power steering. That road is sort of a mountain road and has turns. It's easy to say he should've shut the motor off and "man handled" the steering a bit....but the guy is 61 years old.

**Ramairgod84** · 03-09-2010, 06:45 AM

couldnt he have just put the car in neutral? I know alot of cars out there now you dont have to push the button on the shifter to put it into neutral

**tpilews** · 03-09-2010, 06:48 AM

Originally Posted by pecha

at 61yo and in panic a lot of things are pretty difficult

I don't think it's as easy as just pushing the button to stop the engine, it wouldn't make sense as you could stop the engine by accidently tapping the button when you don't want to

You can turn the engine off when the car is in neutral.

**310stanger** · 03-09-2010, 06:50 AM

Originally Posted by Ramairgod84

couldnt he have just put the car in neutral? I know alot of cars out there now you dont have to push the button on the shifter to put it into neutral

In that particular car its a pain in the ass to put in neutral because the shifter itself is electrical, meaning its not like a conventional automatic with a direct linkage to the transmission. You have to view the icon on the dash to see if you are in park drive reverse or neutral. It'd be difficult to do at 95 mph now that i think about it.

**Spaz** · 03-09-2010, 06:51 AM

it was sarge...

**tpilews** · 03-09-2010, 06:51 AM

Originally Posted by Ramairgod84

couldnt he have just put the car in neutral? I know alot of cars out there now you dont have to push the button on the shifter to put it into neutral

Yeah, you push the stick to the left and hold it for a couple of seconds. After it's in neutral, you can shut the engine off with the power button. Or, just hit the damn brakes.

**SiggyZ** · 03-09-2010, 06:53 AM

Are you sure about that? I'll have to try it next time I'm out in the old mans.

Originally Posted by tpilews

You can turn the engine off when the car is in neutral.

**brendan.9** · 03-09-2010, 06:54 AM

i had this happen to me one accidently pushed the accelerator to the floor and got stuck on the mat so i put it in neutral got it unstuck and kept going how hard is it to put it in neutral some people are so dumb.