{"id":416253,"date":"2010-03-11T11:34:34","date_gmt":"2010-03-11T16:34:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ridelust.com\/?p=40028"},"modified":"2010-03-11T11:34:34","modified_gmt":"2010-03-11T16:34:34","slug":"public-service-video-stopping-a-runaway-prius","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/416253","title":{"rendered":"Public Service Video: Stopping A Runaway Prius"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object width=\"480\" height=\"295\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/hMwXvoGhH0k&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;rel=0\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/hMwXvoGhH0k&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;rel=0\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"480\" height=\"295\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve been telling you all along that stopping a car with unintended acceleration isn\u2019t a big deal, despite the horror stories you hear on the media.  The above video demonstrates two things: first, how to shift a Prius into neutral, which automatically returns the engine to idle; and second, that a Prius can be stopped with the brakes, even under full throttle acceleration.  The only question is whether or not the ECU was reflashed prior to the demo to give the 2008 Prius brake override capability.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m about ready to hit the bullshit buzzer on claims of runaway Prius models.  Unless your car is possessed by Satan (who probably wouldn\u2019t be caught dead in a Prius), the only valid explanation for unintended acceleration in this model is driver error.  <\/p>\n<p>Source:  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leftlanenews.com\/video-toyota-shares-prius-demo-video-to-disprove-unintended-acceleration-claims.html\">Left Lane News<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/uQHeAnVSZaMElEZhrCqCK9uX3ZY\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/uQHeAnVSZaMElEZhrCqCK9uX3ZY\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/uQHeAnVSZaMElEZhrCqCK9uX3ZY\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/uQHeAnVSZaMElEZhrCqCK9uX3ZY\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve been telling you all along that stopping a car with unintended acceleration isn\u2019t a big deal, despite the horror stories you hear on the media. The above video demonstrates two things: first, how to shift a Prius into neutral, which automatically returns the engine to idle; and second, that a Prius can be stopped [&hellip;]<\/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-416253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416253","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=416253"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416253\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=416253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=416253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=416253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}