Toyota UA on VIDEO!

[CATNHAT]

Here is the proof everyone has been looking for!

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I think this may be pedal misaplication. Maybe??

[tommyt5078]

This isn't funny at all.................If that was me driving that thing I would be in jail a long time.................That's fuked up!!!!!

[Prince Valiant]

lol...I'd have like to heard the earlier conversation.

[spooln30]

Not even the year that is in the recall. Haters!

[Deggy]

Wow.

[OxmanWI]

Ahhh did you see that? It's all Toytoas fault for that!!

[BAD LS1]

Yeah its sitting on the rev limiter, cant tell me that's not a stuck pedal, unless the driver is that pissed hahahahah

[GTSLOW]

I'd really like to see the full story to this.

[hrsp]

hmmmmmmm

[Reverend Cooper]

sitting on the rev limiter in reverse shitiing his pants,not even a involved car lol

[Yooformula]

wow!

[Dasred]

Awesome.

[hrsp]

why did he put it in reverse??? makes no sense to me

[03Seville]

why did he put it in reverse??? makes no sense to me

agreed... why would he put the car in reverse... its clear that he could pulled straight out... kinda odd. Unless the pedal just went to the floor as he was tryin to get it to drive..

[0TransAm0]

lmao. that would suck.

[That_Guy]

agreed... why would he put the car in reverse... its clear that he could pulled straight out... kinda odd. Unless the pedal just went to the floor as he was tryin to get it to drive..
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[Yooformula]

the shifter could have a funky looking gate, sometimes they can look confusing at first glance. The rental I picked up today has a weird ass looking shifter gate and took me a min to figure out where the D actually was especially since it isnt labeled very well.

[CATNHAT]

I am pretty sure that if you listen closely, you can hear that the driver is an old man. I am sure he was confused when he put it in reverse but definitely a stuck throttle! :rolf

Even more proof that the throttle sticking has been going on for a long time! YIKES!

[Prince Valiant]

My gut reaction would be a little less nefarious...he was flustered a bit, put it in reverse instead of drive...when the car reacted in a manner he didn't expect, he thought he was putting on the brake and pressed down harder, to the floor. Of course, the other possibility is that by this age, he doesn't have the coordination/strength to react in an appropriate manner, and just let the momentum of his foot carry further to the floor while he was still confused as to what was happening. But the thing is, it's not like we don't see at least one guy a week at GLD leave his car in reverse rather than drive on the starting...but in the case of an elderly man, reaction time, grasp of the situation, and appropriateness of reaction certainly differ than what we see in younger drivers at GLD.

At the end, I don' think the throttle was sticking more than it was him convinced he was full on the brakes or simply "froze" in response to the unexpected event. Otherwise, for the throttle to be "sticking" we have to believe that this guy was indeed trying to floor the accelerator in the first place...a rather unlikely event.

Just like this vid (move time up to around 1:45 to see the best view of the accident...):

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Here's a case again...notice, during the vid, you never see the brake lights. Do we think the car floored itself and the person just didn't react? Or is it more likely that she thought she was already pressing the brake and reacted by applying the pedal further?

[CATNHAT]

I am pretty sure that if you listen closely, you can hear that the driver is an old man. I am sure he was confused when he put it in reverse but definitely a stuck throttle! :rolf

Even more proof that the throttle sticking has been going on for a long time! YIKES!

I was kidding. I honestly think this is a case of a confused old man who panicked. Just happened to be driving a Toyrota!

[FoxStang]

My gut reaction would be a little less nefarious...he was flustered a bit, put it in reverse instead of drive...when the car reacted in a manner he didn't expect, he thought he was putting on the brake and pressed down harder, to the floor. Of course, the other possibility is that by this age, he doesn't have the coordination/strength to react in an appropriate manner, and just let the momentum of his foot carry further to the floor while he was still confused as to what was happening. But the thing is, it's not like we don't see at least one guy a week at GLD leave his car in reverse rather than drive on the starting...but in the case of an elderly man, reaction time, grasp of the situation, and appropriateness of reaction certainly differ than what we see in younger drivers at GLD.

At the end, I don' think the throttle was sticking more than it was him convinced he was full on the brakes or simply "froze" in response to the unexpected event. Otherwise, for the throttle to be "sticking" we have to believe that this guy was indeed trying to floor the accelerator in the first place...a rather unlikely event.

Just like this vid (move time up to around 1:45 to see the best view of the accident...):

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Here's a case again...notice, during the vid, you never see the brake lights. Do we think the car floored itself and the person just didn't react? Or is it more likely that she thought she was already pressing the brake and reacted by applying the pedal further?

Seems like that person should have just kept driving, the other window looked pretty clear to me.:rolf

[Prince Valiant]

Seems like that person should have just kept driving, the other window looked pretty clear to me.:rolffrom the smoking tire, it would appear that's what she's trying to do, lol.

[animal]

Basically the same thing happened at genesis on hwy 100 a few years back. It's the typical old person that doesn't know what's going on scenario. They think they're hitting the brake and the car takes off so they hit the "brake" even harder.

[GTSLOW]

I was kidding. I honestly think this is a case of a confused old man who panicked. Just happened to be driving a Toyrota!

I think it's coops fault.

[CATNHAT]

I think it's coops fault.

X10,Brazillion!

[wrencher]

I remember when that first video came out.
That was down here in hellinois.
Pretty funny still...
http://jalopnik.com/394063/old-man-backs-over-cop-car-accidentally

[Reverend Cooper]

well once obama takes over health care like he did with GM and Chrysler all the old people will die so all the UA claims will go way down.

[BigSnailBuick]

I would also like to see this whole story

[flyin_blue_egg]

well it doesn't appear to be any malfuntion of the car.....more like a malfunction of the drivers right hand...he clearly put the car in REVERSE and jumped on it (to pull into traffic) however, due to the fact it was in reverse he hit the squad car. i'm guessing the moment he realized what he did, he freaked the fvck out thus the reason that he was on the rev limiter.