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Join Date: May 2004
 
2010-02-08, 22:47

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Originally Posted by torifile View Post
My confusion about this stuck pedal thing is why didn't the drivers in runaway cars just put them in neutral? A mechanical problem would have easily been solved by this simple action.
Toyota apparently put a feature in their cars to protect the engine/transmission that won't allow you to shift into neutral above 5000 RPM.

The bigger question is, why didn't they hit the brakes? The brakes can stop the car at WOT. Or in mid panic did they pump the brakes which did nothing?

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