Deadly floor mats?!

[karl_1052]

http://www.caranddriver.com/features...tion-tech_dept

Looks like the car will stop with the throttel pinned.

[Dave]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

Even simpler, just reach down and pull the mat out of the way. I have done that before while driving.

or toe the pedal up. both are easily doable

[pauldun170]

Neither the Camry’s nor the Infiniti’s automatic transmission showed any hesitancy to shift into neutral or park when accelerating at full tilt. (Automatics have a piece of hardware called a park pawl, which prevents the transmission from actually engaging park and locking the wheels at speed—it creates a disturbing grinding sound, but the car essentially coasts freely.) The Roush had a manual, so you’d simply depress the clutch. In either case, power is effectively kept from the wheels and the car will be able to brake with its usual undiminished vigor, engine racing or not.

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[goof2]

Originally Posted by karl_1052

http://www.caranddriver.com/features...tion-tech_dept

Looks like the car will stop with the throttel pinned.

No real surprise. It also comes as no real surprise that Toyota still has to spend up to a quarter of a billion dollars to repair its image in the court of public opinion.

[Particle Man]

Originally Posted by goof2

No real surprise. It also comes as no real surprise that Toyota still has to spend up to a quarter of a billion dollars to repair its image in the court of public opinion.

Yep, just like the Firestone/Explorer thing and rollover "Accidents"

[goof2]

Originally Posted by Particle Man

Yep, just like the Firestone/Explorer thing and rollover "Accidents"

About the only good thing is we haven't seen another occurrence like Dateline NBC in the early 90s with GM trucks.

[Smittie61984]

Originally Posted by goof2

About the only good thing is we haven't seen another occurrence like Dateline NBC in the early 90s with GM trucks.

Hahaha. I remember reading about that a while back. Didn't they purposely put some kind of accelerant to make the tanks explode?

That Lexus probably had 4wheel disc brakes that could stop a nuclear powered freight train. Major fail on their part.

[goof2]

Originally Posted by Smittie61984

Hahaha. I remember reading about that a while back. Didn't they purposely put some kind of accelerant to make the tanks explode?

That Lexus probably had 4wheel disc brakes that could stop a nuclear powered freight train. Major fail on their part.

Dateline was doing a story that alleged GM truck gas tanks exploded in a crash. To back this up they conducted crash tests and aired videos with the truck gas tanks exploding. They decided they didn't need to tell anyone that the reason the gas tanks exploded was because they put remotely detonated explosives in the tank. The only reason it came out was GM watched the tapes in slow motion and pointed out the explosions were starting even before impacts began, a safety problem even GM would normally catch.