On Mar 10, 4:53*am, wrote:
On Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:23:34 -0500, George
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On 3/10/2010 5:55 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

"Harry K" wrote

Near as I could follow the clips, he wasn't told, and didn't try, to
turn it off before slowing way down.

This is the second car that Toyota has had for a good exam. First one
was sitting in its lot with smoking brakes. Never heard what they
found on that one.

Harry k

The news tonight had the recording of part of the 911 call:
Operator: Did you try shifting to neutral?
Driver: NO

He later said he was afraid to because he thought the car might flip. He
should have his license revoked.

Retroactively...

You guys are pretty hysterical. There are probably BILLIONS of drivers
in the world who aren't aware of how to fix a leaky faucet, or which
way to turn a screw to tighten it.

I'm guessing that you aren't perfect and all knowing, either. You just
have different areas of interest than some other people. This may come
as a shock, but that doesn't make you in any way superior to any of
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So, with all the coverage of the problem on the news you think that an
owner of one of those cars _shouldn't_ have known about it _and_ the
solution to how to stop? Turning off the engine does not take a
genius, nor does shifting out of gear. Everyone out there who drives
knows how to do both.

Harry K