Pontiac 100MPH Crash from "Stuck Accelerator"

[Captain Awesome]

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/car-...or-gets-stuck/

Am I the only one who doesn't buy this? The newscasters even seem to be making excuses. I don't see how this happens.

[MikeMoach]

Why can't people just to be smart enough to put the car in neutral

[Sweet Zness]

Originally Posted by Captain Awesome

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/car-...or-gets-stuck/

Am I the only one who doesn't buy this? The newscasters even seem to be making excuses. I don't see how this happens.

I don't get whats not to buy. Guy even called 911 in an attempt to clear traffic and get help. Its not like he was running from cops when this happened. At what point do you get newscasters are making excuses for him. Totally lost.

[AdamZ]

Originally Posted by MikeMoach

Why can't people just to be smart enough to put the car in neutral

I saw this on FOX. Yea...the neutral thing I don't understand. There's no reason this should happen. You world think dispatchers would have told him to put the car in neutral

[Sweet Zness]

On the 911 call you hear the dispatcher tell the police that he tried to change gears and even put it into reverse with no effect.

[SPARTAN sui]

Wtf, it just doesn't make sense to me.

[_Nick_]

Love how hey zoom in on the Pontiac emblem, as if to say, "Hey don't buy these cars, they're piles of shit".

That car doesn't look like it hit something at 100 miles per hour.

I don't buy any of it.

[2SSJIM]

I wonder why he didn't just turn the car off, then turn the key to the on position and use that braking ramp to stop him. He had enough straight away to do it. Sure you loose power steering and power breaks, but you can still stop it, just takes longer and is a little more difficult to steer but can be done.

[Vroom_vroom]

Why didn't you just turn the car off, last question I was asked before the judge took my license..........


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[Sir Nuke]

Originally Posted by Vroom_vroom

Why didn't you just turn the car off, last question I was asked before the judge took my license..........

[A-little-perspective]

Did anyone notice the guy didn't have shoes on at the end of the news clip?

What's with the head phones?

I am going to go with distracted guy listening to head phones with a dog in his lap, a shoe stuck on the accelerator, in the pontiac.

[Scalded Dog]

Since cars were invented, these claims have been made, and have debatably signalled the death knell for certain auto manufacturers. However, in all cases, forensic investigations have either PROVEN that the driver was an utter and complete moron WHO HAD HIS TERRIFIED FOOT planted deeply into the accelerator the entire time, or, in some cases, were unable to determine the cause. Okay, there were a couple of cases that turned out to be a floor mat bunched up and pressing the accelerator... but the brakes are still way more powerful and able to overcome THAT. I personally do not believe that there has ever been a vehicle that (A) had a stuck accellerator, (B) that the brakes could not easily overcome and (C) the transmission also happened to fail and be stuck in a high speed forward gear and(D) the ingnition key could not be turned to "OFF." All four of those damn near impossible situations all coming together at one time? Not nearly as likely as an absolute and utter moron behind the wheel. I recently read an article that mentioned that a LOT of people are terrified of the notion of shifting a moving vehicle into nuetral... they think that it cannot be done. Some even think that the car will "blow up" if one tries this. No joke... some people think that. Not sure why, but while this may seem like very basic knowledge to most, to some, a car's workings are a complete and terrifying mystery. I will bet $100 dollars that the driver in the above article was simply too terrified to try shifting into neutral. He might have TOLD the dispatcher he was trying, but was actually too terrified to try. That, or he was shifting the wrong knob and just turning the wipers on. Either way: MORON. Botton, harsh line... moron.I once was on a long drive across the Kansas plains, late at night, empty highway. Had the cruise set at about 80, but after a while, the speed started creeping up. 82... 85.... 90... 95... I wasn't terribly concerned, merely amused. When it finally topped 100, I was baffled. I shifted my position, and the immediate drop in speed revealed to me that I was just being a moron: My foot had been gently resting on the accelerator the entire time. However, I was only momentarily a moron, and have chosen not to file a lawsuit, call 911, or leap from the car. I figured out what the problem was, and am willing to claim responsibilty for it.

[CamaroSkooter]

I blame aftermarket floor mats

[PAUL SS]

If he hit something at 100 mph, whatever he hit was going 98 mph.