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seriously... when they first mentioned this stuck throttle thing, i immediately thought "Put it in neutral!" This is what happens when people entrust their lives to a piece of machinery
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seriously... when they first mentioned this stuck throttle thing, i immediately thought "Put it in neutral!" This is what happens when people entrust their lives to a piece of machinery they don't understand. i'm not saying you should need to be a mechanic to drive a car, but you should at least know that when a car is in neutral, no matter how much gas you give it, it's not gonna move. Obviously, none of the people who died would have died had this throttle issue not happened in the first place, however if they remembered the basic bits from drivers ed they would still be alive.
I guess this is what happens when a driver is more concerned with 'cars that can park themselves' than actually knowing how to control their vehicle and save their own, their family members, and other drivers lives. sorry if that sounded snide, but what i mentioned earlier should have been anyone's first impulse |
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Aaaaammmmeeeennn! Good call Semtex. And if someone you know doesn't know how to drive a car, now's a good time for a little review. I just told my fiancee this morning, "If this happens to you, put it in park. (Yukon Denali Auto) That's simple. Don't even go for neutral. You never use it, but you know where park is. It won't ruin your car." (Girl speak) She asked if she should use the e brake. I said no. A lot of people have forgotten because of the electro-stuff. Semtex, good call again. I don't find my girl to be an idiot, but just thought this is a perfect time to brush up on some skills. Spearfish on this board has talked about he being afraid of his girl. Yeah, I get that, but hey, let's give them a quick lesson and move on, right? No wonder the rest of the world thinks we're a bunch of babies. With things like this, yeah, we are. |
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Goddamn it, Semtex, I knew things were loose in the Lone Star State, but this is ridiculous.
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automatic transmission, traction control, all wheel drive. All of these are advances in technology that have allowed more people to drive in ways they would not have been able to with RWD/manual transmission with no traction control. traction control and awd have probably helped avoid many accidents. However, in the past, when theres snow and black ice all over the road one might say 'Not a good time to drive!' but now people just say 'who cares! i have VDC i'm fine.'
even though a z is probably worse in snow than most 4x4s, you'll see fewer crashed Z's in the the winter (obviously less people drive Z's in winter than 4x4's but just think proportionately) just by virtue of 2 things. A: The Z drive is well aware that his car isn't renowned for its performance in winter weather. so he buys winter tires etc and has great respect for the road conditions in which he is driving, and is especially careful B: the 4x4 driver says 'HAH i can drive just like its summer, even though its snowing because i have "ALL SEASON" tires, four wheel drive, and traction control |
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C&D repeated the test and managed to stop their car from 70 mph in 190 ft with the throttle pinned using only the brakes. |
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