Everyone acts differently when they panic, yes most people would step on the brake but some people that panic would prolly just try turning the car off…also saying you would step on the brakes is easy to say when not in the situation, not saying most people wouldn’t but sometimes people don’t think straight when there panicking when the cars throttle is stuck.
When your car starts going too fast EVERY DRIVERS FIRST instinct is to hit the brakes to slow down. That is what you do day in and day out 100 times. If you’re moving and you want to stop, you hit the brakes.
Panic situation? What gets most people in trouble in the winter and causes them to spin out? Hitting the brakes.
Nobody, it’s un-natural and most people wouldn’t even think of it.
If you tap your brakes the first time and your car stars slowing down even for a brief second, there is no logic behind letting go of the brakes entirely and applying again. Not only that, I don’t see why pumping them would “disable” them.
“We don’t recommend shutting the car off”?
accelerating to 120mph is a better bet than crashing while slowing down?
holy fuck whos been passing around the stupid juice.
There is barely a problem (the real one is retarded drivers)
its blown out of proportion by the government and media
government owns competing car companies
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profit
Its not like we’re saying that bush shot a cruise missile into the pentagon.
Anyone that does know how the (several) way(s) to slow/stop a vehicle with a stuck accelerator pedal should not be allowed to drive, nothing to discuss.
“The article also said that her ignition worked fine in a test after the crash. She says, in the article, that when she started to get scared, she started to suffer from an asthma attack, and in her confusion, its possible she turned the key the wrong way.”
PERSON ERROR not the car.
Yeah well they dont dial 911 while spinning do they?