Thursday, November 26, 2009

 

Runaway Lexus



I have a recurring dream of driving a runaway car stuck in reverse with no brakes and pedal stuck to the floor. I never die and make it through lots of intersections. I usually end up spinning across a dirt field and crashing into a chain link fence which stops me as onlookers scream “dumb ass” and “freaking moron”!
Like millions with a paid up Comcast Cable bill I was forced to listed to the 911 tape of four soon to be incinerated innocents in a runaway 2009 Loaner Lexus the pedal stuck under the floor mat and the brakes loosing the match-up as the car passed one hundred miles an hour. The 45 year old driver worked for the California Highway Patrol to add insult to irony.
It’s like calling 911 when you’re drowning. And most operators are like “now calm down. How fast are you going and where are you heading?” They should be screaming-“have the passenger pull up the gas pedal-you push shifter to neutral and turn off the freaking key-look for a field now and take your chances-if all else fail go NASCAR and drive that sucker.”
I wonder “what would Sully do?”
Postscript: It turns out the floor mat was not the factory installed version. Physicists and car people say any brake system will override and stop the car. Going to low gear will slow a car doing 100 to 30. Maybe all cars should have a big red panic button?

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