[Spridgets] Spridgets Digest, Vol 31, Issue 64

[rrengineer @dslextreme.com]

He tried to turn the "key" off.  I don't think those cars have a traditional
key.  That was part of the problem.  Someone can pipe in if they know more
about this.  Kind of a careless statement. Duh!
Mike MacLean
60 Sprite
56 BN2

On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 5:19 PM, Larry Daniels <ladaniels at sbcglobal.net>wrote:

> Too bad he didn't think of turning the key off.  Duh.
>
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Bill Doom" <doom at cox.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 6:15 PM
> To: <spridgets at autox.team.net>
> Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Spridgets Digest, Vol 31, Issue 64
>
> Bob,
> What actually happened was a cop was driving the car off duty. He had his
> wife, Sister and Brother in law in the car.  They were driving down the
> freeway.  The freeway comes to an end and you have to make a left or a
> right.
> The throttle stuck wide open they were doing over a 100 mph when they ran
> out of road. The car launched over the curb and into a ditch.  All in the
> car were killed. The brother in law was on the phone with 911 when the cop
> was trying to unstick the throttle.  He avoided quite a few cars that were
> stopped at the light saving untold lives. But unable to save his or his
> families.  There was talk about him getting an award for avoiding all the
> other cars. Dont know if that happened or not.  The car was a "loaner" from
> a dealership while his was getting worked on.  The person who had the car
> before the cop complained that the throttle was sticking. No one supposedly
> looked into it.  The recall that I saw was to remove both front floor mats.
> Problem solved.  What a waste of life.
>
> Bill in San Diego
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob Gardner" <rdgard at cox.net>
> To: <spridgets at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 1:27 PM
> Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Spridgets Digest, Vol 31, Issue 64
>
>
> > There was an accident in San Diego where a Lexus went full throttle and
> > hit
> > a cop and killed the cop and some others.  It turned out that it was a
> > rental and the previous renter told the little twit receptionist about
> > that
> > happening to him and she did not mention it to any one.
> >
> > What happened in this case was that the wrong floor mat was put into the
> > car
> > and the gas pedal got jammed on the floor mat and went WOT.  I think this
> > where it all started.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Bob in San Diego
> >
> >
> > ----------
> >
> > Message: 8
> > Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:07:31 -0800
> > From: Bill Gilroy <wmgilroy at gmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Don't Stop Me Now! - No LBC
> > To: Frank <spritenut at comcast.net>
> > Cc: spridgets at autox.team.net
> > Message-ID:
> > <441250190912292307rde6ae3es1f20e55d32f4e179 at mail.gmail.com>
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> >
> > That is the current fix.  I am not so sure that will fix the problem.
> > That
> > recall applies to many cars and trucks that do not share a common floor
> > pan
> > or common mats.  My feeling is that it could be some type of problem with
> > the cars software, maybe at a system or hardware interface.  Time will
> > tell;
> > if the floor mat/pedal change stops the acceleration problems then I may
> > be
> > wrong.
> >
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