Car Accelerator Stuck: Four People's Death on 911 Call (Including 13 YR Girl)

[Curdled_Pus]

Real OR Fake? The volume is a little low. May have to turn up the speakers (No tricks)

A California highway patrol officer and three family members were killed when their loaner car's accelerator stuck and they crashed going 100 mph. The audio of the 911 call made from the car moments before the crash has just been released.


http://theync.com/media.php?name=117...r-people-death

[wino]

footbreak
handbreak
nuetral
park
key--OFF
Press reset on gran tourismo

dont trust it at all

[stina]

I didn't even hear them honking a horn, why couldn't they hit the breaks?

[Curdled_Pus]

Wino's got it down pat.

Real or fake??

[swizzle]

its real

Four people are dead after a Lexus sedan lost control and burst into flames and two of the victims may be children, a boy and girl, who were sitting in the back seat, investigators said. The male and female in the front may have been their parents.

The male driver called 911 shortly before 7 p.m. Friday in Santee, saying his accelerator was stuck. Witnesses said they saw the Lexus heading northbound on 125 weaving through traffic at a high rate of speed.

http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/loca...Deaths---.html

[Suicide Boy]

It's pretty funny they called 911, what could police and emergency services have done about it? It would take far too long to set up some kind of safe stopping roadblock.

And I'm not sure if you can remove the keys from a moving car, I've never tried it before. He said the brakes weren't working, either, and I suppose they'd only do so much if the accelerator is stuck. Not sure about changing gears, that might be somewhat ineffective in an automatic. But the key would be the way to go if it's able to be removed.

I think he should have turned the wheel all the way left or right as soon as he saw the accelerometer go past 80 or 90 beyond his control, tried to roll the car (even in traffic), and taken his chances that way.

[Capt Pugwash]

Originally Posted by wino

footbreak
handbreak
nuetral
park
key--OFF
Press reset on gran tourismo

dont trust it at all

Yup all of the above.....

[Suicide Boy]

Well, in my opinion it's quite possible for a car with a "stuck" accelerator to be doomed to that condition.

When people hit the brakes normally, they take their foot off the gas pedal. If the accelerator is stuck, it would be like slamming both of your feet down on each pedal. I've never done such a crazy-ass thing before, but I assume it's possible for the brakes to then fail or for the engine to overcome the braking pressure.

Next, the handbrake. I've seen plenty of vehicles in which someone will start driving, then realize ten or thirty seconds later that they've left the handbrake on. Meanwhile, the car's still moving forward at near-full power. Depends on the car, depends on the handbrake.

Now as for shifting gears (on an automatic), once again, I've never shifted into neutral or park from 80 MPH. I have no idea what would happen, and I'm not inclined to try it out.

And the key, well... who the fuck knows, once again I've never tried to remove one from a moving vehicle. Some vehicles may have safety mechanisms to prevent this.

I'm just thinking, I'm sure this guy tried some or all of these methods. They did all die, so either he overlooked something, he wanted to commit murder-suicide, or he simply forgot about the key/shifting gears.

No one will ever know.

[swizzle]

The dispatcher asks where they are and Lastrella asks others in the car before replying, “We're going 120 (mph)! Mission Gorge! We're in trouble – we can't – there's no brakes, Mission Gorge -- end freeway half mile.” Witnesses told San Diego 6 News they saw fire coming from the wheels of the 2009 Lexus ES 350 before it crashed. That indicated "long, constant, heavy braking," said San Diego Sheriff's lead investigator Scott Hill in an interview with the U-T.

The National Highway Transporatation Safety Administraton recall report from 2007 found some Lexus drivers with stuck accelerators tried to turn off the car with the engine control button but didn't know the button must be held for three seconds.

This would work, but at 120 mph in heavy traffic it's not possible. and if you didn't know you had to hold it for 3 seconds you'd just assume after pressing it and nothing happening that it wasn't working.

[EATTHEDEAD]

Originally Posted by Suicide Boy

When people hit the brakes normally, they take their foot off the gas pedal. If the accelerator is stuck, it would be like slamming both of your feet down on each pedal. I've never done such a crazy-ass thing before, but I assume it's possible for the brakes to then fail or for the engine to overcome the braking pressure.
Now as for shifting gears (on an automatic), once again, I've never shifted into neutral or park from 80 MPH. I have no idea what would happen, and I'm not inclined to try it out.

Smoking the tires is possible while depressing both pedals, but this is done while the vehicle is parked and in drive (in automatics)
You can also gear down an automatic transmission and even throw it into reverse, this will, of course, destroy the tranny internally. I did it with a 66 Cadillac at 40 mph and it destroyed the tranny, but we did come to a complete stop.

[Corpsey]

Pretty spooky audio.

[Foltergeist]

Highway to hell, anyone?

[OrganDonor]

Dip clutch, move to neutral, problem solved. Tards.

[OrganDonor]

Oh sorry, just realised this is from the land of automatics.

[azziman]

Originally Posted by OrganDonor

Oh sorry, just realised this is from the land of automatics.

An automatic transmission can be put into neutral at any time and at any speed.