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2010-03-14 Science & Technology

Investigators can't replicate runaway Prius

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Posted by tu3031 2010-03-14 12:47|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 This sounds a bit like the Jimmy Stewart movie, No Highway in the Sky, which every engineer should see early on in their career.

Posted by Anonymoose 2010-03-14 14:19|| 2010-03-14 14:19|| Front Page Top

Runaway by Avril Lavigne

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Posted by Gleling Bucket1767 2010-03-14 14:24|| 2010-03-14 14:24|| Front Page Top

#3 I'd tend to discount claims like this, except Woz has reported similar occurences and believes they are do to on-board computer / software problems in the Prius.

Posted by DMFD 2010-03-14 18:10|| 2010-03-14 18:10|| Front Page Top

#4 Sounds trivial but this happened to me when the driver-side rug slipped its moorings and migrated up, tight against the accelerator shaft, so that the accelerator was stuck when pressed.

Check the rug. And always engage brain before starting mouth.

Posted by lex 2010-03-14 22:15|| 2010-03-14 22:15|| Front Page Top

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