dafuq was that all about?

*wtf for sure

Invocations (wtf) cannot be called by CrushBug because CrushBug is not privileged - sorry.

Note to self: Check for recall notices or adhesive under accelerator pedal. Oh. Always remember to take seizure medication ("Damn! The post-it was right here on the dash!")

>> ^CrushBug:

wtf for sure


*wtf

Adding video to channels (Wtf) - requested by ant.

Asian drivers...

Oh what a feeling! <- Dated Toyota reference.

Woah...think he (she?) simply hit the accelerator while thinking it was the brake, and just panicked and kept pressing it harder and harder.

Shoulda just rear-ended the first car, huh?

(or, of course, done any of the numerous other things you could do to stop a runaway car... presumably, they are pretty much entirely fly-by-wire now)

Best yet, don't screw around with automatic transmissions. They encourage lazy, inattentive driving anyways.

>> ^gwiz665:

Asian drivers...


LOL. They don't really do themselves any favors with clips like these do they?

Korean story on this: http://www.mhj21.com/sub_read.html?uid=54972§ion=section26§ion2=%EC%82%AC%ED%9A%8C%EC%9D%BC%EB%B0%98 (Chrome translates it, not sure about other browsers).

Seems it was a he as the article says he is asking what is going on. This is a black box recording of the accident on a Hyundai Sonata YF along with a dash cam. It was apparently an older gentleman. I have to guess that it is easy to armchair it in and say shift into N or kill the engine, but if your car suddenly starts accelerating faster than you are pressing the accelerator then panic probably kicks making rational thought go out the door... plus if I don't know about Korea, but at the local BMV, I often see older people given lots of chances to see the flashing light... "...do you see the light now? On the right?" "Oh! Yeah!".

Older or not, there was almost two blocks there of open, straight space, where the key could've been turned, or Neutral selected.

Yeah but shift into neutral and you risk it overrevving the engine. . ..... ...

Yeah, blown engine is much worse than a blown body.

Almost all modern cars these days have rev limiters, which will minimize the potential damage one can do, assuming one properly stops the car and turns off the ignition as soon as safely possible.

>> ^deathcow:

Yeah but shift into neutral and you risk it overrevving the engine. . ..... ...

I would love to have a translation of the commentary. That is some amazing driving.

I had this happen a while back - the floor mat slid up and caught the accelerator pedal. The best my panicking brain came up with was to jam it in 5th, dump the clutch, and (thankfully) stall. All the better ideas came to me after I was stopped.

Yes. Almost 100% of these cases are caused by pedal error.

See this very recent study for some interesting facts:

http://www.nhtsa.gov/staticfiles/nti/pdf/811597.pdf


>> ^Tokoki:

Woah...think he (she?) simply hit the accelerator while thinking it was the brake, and just panicked and kept pressing it harder and harder.

That was terrifying.

http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/05/alleged-hyundai-sonata-yf-sudden.html


No current recalls on this model concerning any acceleration issues~Found another video of a Sonata's alleged over-rev as well-

Dying by floor mat...that seems like a shit way to go.>> ^jmzero:

I had this happen a while back - the floor mat slid up and caught the accelerator pedal. The best my panicking brain came up with was to jam it in 5th, dump the clutch, and (thankfully) stall. All the better ideas came to me after I was stopped.

>> ^jmzero:

I had this happen a while back - the floor mat slid up and caught the accelerator pedal. The best my panicking brain came up with was to jam it in 5th, dump the clutch, and (thankfully) stall. All the better ideas came to me after I was stopped.


Lulz, thank goodness you weren't driving one of the new Vettes. You can't stall them. They'll start in 6th. Take FOREVER to get to 200mph that way, but they get there.

Another news story about this in English: http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/motoring/6940186/Stuck-accelerator-causes-peak-hour-terror