[Quietcars] Recent 'run away' Prius incident

[Robert Wilson]

Hi,

There was a recent "Prius Run Away" incident West of San Diego on an interstate highway. For those interested, the 911 call is available:

http://priuschat.com/news/runaway-prius-911-call-released-listen-here

The car is at the dealership being analyzed by NHTSA and Toyota technical staff. Given the likely, exhaustive forensics (probably including carpet, accelerator and brake microscopic analysis,) a final report may take a week or more.

Many of the Prius community remain somewhat skeptical.
The driver was on the phone for 20 minutes and refused to follow the
correct procedure the 911 operator gave him (shift the car into "N" or turn it off.) It took a police officer
in a car running at high-speed in parallel using the loudspeaker to get the driver to follow the
instructions of the 911 operator. After the stop, the officer noted the floor mat and accelerator were in the normal positions. The driver seems to be wearing a
"Corvette Club" jacket, strange coincidence.  Of course these may be perfectly
innocent coincidences but we also remember "balloon boy" and a couple who crashed a Presidential state reception.

Bob Wilson
 		 	   		  
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