{"id":406759,"date":"2010-03-09T08:06:01","date_gmt":"2010-03-09T13:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ridelust.com\/?p=39821"},"modified":"2010-03-09T08:06:01","modified_gmt":"2010-03-09T13:06:01","slug":"latest-toyota-drama-man%e2%80%99s-toyota-prius-allegedly-tries-to-kill-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/406759","title":{"rendered":"Latest Toyota Drama: Man\u2019s Toyota Prius Allegedly Tries To Kill Him"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Here\u2019s the latest in what seems to be a never ending saga of possessed Toyota vehicles. In yesterday\u2019s incident, Jim Sikes was driving his Prius outside of San Diego; when he accelerated to pass a slower vehicle, the throttle \u201cstuck\u201d in a wide open position. His Prius reached speeds of over 90 mph, and nothing Sikes did slowed the vehicle until a CHP trooper pulled alongside and gave him specific instructions. At one point, Sikes reached down to pull up on the accelerator pedal, hoping this would return the throttle to idle. It had no effect.<\/p>\n

<\/span>I wasn\u2019t in the car, so I really can\u2019t comment on what happened. It seems very strange to me that none of the drivers reporting unintended acceleration have been able to put their vehicle into neutral and coast to a stop. Likewise, I find it hard to believe that a vehicle\u2019s braking system is completely ineffective at slowing it down. Maybe it was panic that prevented the driver from selecting neutral, applying the brakes with force and coasting to the shoulder. Or turning off the ignition and doing the same. On the other hand, maybe it was something else.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not doubting Sikes\u2019 story, but it seems to me that Toyota is an easy mark for \u201cslip and fall\u201d artists these days. Unintended acceleration, especially with a CHP trooper as a witness, makes headline news. The fact that engineers can\u2019t find anything wrong with the vehicle upon later inspection only plays to the press and helps the plaintiff. What jury wouldn\u2019t side with a driver whose evil Toyota tried to kill him?<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s the latest in what seems to be a never ending saga of possessed Toyota vehicles. In yesterday\u2019s incident, Jim Sikes was driving his Prius outside of San Diego; when he accelerated to pass a slower vehicle, the throttle \u201cstuck\u201d in a wide open position. His Prius reached speeds of over 90 mph, and nothing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2161,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-406759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2161"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=406759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406759\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=406759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=406759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}