Gas Pedal Stuck - Female Ed.

[Bruce Jibboo]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovRu_a3-p8E


1:43 finally the truth comes out.

Finally that dispatcher tells her to lift up on the stuck accelerator, while also pushing down on her brake.

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[VenomousDSG]

Can't believe people are out there who are this braindead.

The end of the video sums up her cognitive ability too, jumps out of the car while it's still in drive and it starts to roll while the cop hops in it, and is STILL on her cellphone...

 

[Red Alert]

Can't believe people are out there who are this braindead.

The end of the videos sums up her cognitive ability too, jumps out of the car while it's still in drive and it starts to roll while the cop hops in it, and is STILL on her cellphone...

My thoughts exactly. Probably related to dickmint.

 

[Chet Donnelly]

Floor mat probably stuck the pedal.

 

[P40E]

Turn the key to the off position ?

 

[blck10th]

Put car in N?

 

[guspech750]

Idiot.

 

[b4black]

Newer cars are drive by wire. They really have no linkage to bind up - just the pedal (sensor).

All newer cars I've been in have the brake override the gas pedal is both are being pushed (or think they are being pushed) at the same time.

Black box should tell them something.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

There are so many things that could be done

 

[BrianG]

"We've tried everything." :rly:

 

[Euro]

Turn the key to the off position ?

I looked up what looks to be the SUV in the video, a newer Kia Sorento. It looks like it's a push button start. I've never driven a car with a push button, but to turn it off you'd just press the button for a few seconds correct? The fob needs to be within a certain range for the car to operate, could ya just toss the fob out the window and the vehicle would shut off?


I know that in this type of situation you panic REAL quick, but I'd like to think my instincts would kick in and start finding any possible way to slow the car. In a last ditch effort, even slowly engage the emergency brake.

Crazy to think that all of a sudden something in the DBW system failed in which made the car go WOT

 

[Bruce Jibboo]

surprised she kept the traction off road those couple times, one hand on the wheel. The computer has gotten real good at compensating for dumb.

 

[blck10th]

I looked up what looks to be the SUV in the video, a newer Kia Sorento. It looks like it's a push button start. I've never driven a car with a push button, but to turn it off you'd just press the button for a few seconds correct? The fob needs to be within a certain range for the car to operate, could ya just toss the fob out the window and the vehicle would shut off?


I know that in this type of situation you panic REAL quick, but I'd like to think my instincts would kick in and start finding any possible way to slow the car. In a last ditch effort, even slowly engage the emergency brake.

Crazy to think that all of a sudden something in the DBW system failed in which made the car go WOT

I have a Hyundai with push button start. I could start the car put the key in the house and drive off. Once I shut off the car it's all over. You just need the signal to start it. Not keep it running. I've never tried shutting off my car while in drive so I'm. It sure what would happen

 

[VenomousDSG]

Push start cars will shut off if you push and hold the button for a couple seconds.

 

[Blood on Blood]

Idiot.

Pretty much what Kia said with "we were unable to duplicate this issue".

 

[sickmint79]

45 minutes jebus.

a more recent, not as bad fuck up, but an interesting fuck up nonetheless. probably related to Red Alert.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEsvpWBRCEU

 

[radioguy6]

I'm shocked she didn't roll it into oncoming traffic, and no one was injured or killed.

 

[Flyn]

Problem with turning the motor off is you lose power steering and power brakes. Don't know if the wheel would lock, too?

Maybe if she had put the phone down, she would have been able to muscle the gearshift into N?

 

[boostedguy05]

i thought it was a safety thing that the shifter could be put in N while moving.

but i second(or whatever number) not just turning off the car while moving at or greater than highway speeds.

 

[SleeperLS]

It doesn't make sense that her brakes wouldn't work. Even if she was on the gas pedal 100%, the brakes would still work.

 

[boostedguy05]

but its a KIA, so we may never know.

the gas pedal is attached at the bottom to the car floor. id bet the floor mat was on it.

 

[SleeperLS]

It is somewhat confusing since being told to lift her foot off of the gas pedal and put it on the brake pedal is what fixed the problem.

 

[Thirdgen89GTA]

It comes to that age old stupidity thing. She probably panicked and mashed on the "brakes" but those brakes were actually the accelerator.

My Focus ST and RS both will shut off if you hold the ignition button. And the steering isn't anything super heavy at highway speeds.

Shutting off the engine will still leave you with the vacuum canister's charge to operate the power brakes for a few pumps. Steering will be heavier than normal, but not impossible for a person to guide a car. At this point you are likely on the highway so you can slow the car down in pretty much a straight line.

This was caused by driver error.

Maybe they should include a giant red button in newer cars as an emergency kill switch to keep the darwinian idiots alive.

 

[cap42]

How prevalent is electric steering nowadays? With the car and /acc off can you steer those vehicles? Same question for cars with electric emergency brake?

 

[boostedguy05]

It is somewhat confusing since being told to lift her foot off of the gas pedal and put it on the brake pedal is what fixed the problem.

unless she actually had to pull up on the pedal. wasnt in the car, cant say.