Faster, Prius! Kill! Kill!
Posted By Russ Emerson on March 11, 2010 at 11:39 am
When your car begins runaway acceleration, as has apparently been happening with some Toyotas, isn’t the immediate solution as simple as taking the car out of gear, or switching off the ignition? I fail to understand.
In any case, Toyota’s going to have some massive legal bills.
In other news, I’m utterly shocked that a Prius can reach 94 MPH, even with the accelerator welded to the floor.
The Prius comes with a CVT (Continuously Variable Transmission), so “neutral” could be tricky.
And a couple of years ago Al Gore III got a Prius up over a hundred while under the influence of various substances of questionable legality, so it’s been known for a while that, when there’s no rational mind at the helm, they can be little green rockets.
J.