http://www.attorneyatlaw.com/2009/09/toyota-plans-recall-of-3-8-million-vehicles-due-to-defective-floor-mats/ Your source for legal news Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:21:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.attorneyatlaw.com/2009/09/toyota-plans-recall-of-3-8-million-vehicles-due-to-defective-floor-mats/comment-page-1/#comment-727 The Brit Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:39:58 +0000 http://www.attorneyatlaw.com/?p=2678#comment-727 You would have thought the cop with his advanced driver training would have known to just slip the car into neautral, to hell with the engine if it redlines! if that didnt work just grab the key or hit the stop button and turn it off, there should be enough vacuum in the brake system to stop the car and if that fails ... you still have the hand brake (emergency brake). The ES350 is a quick car but it didn't jump to 120mph without at least a minutes worth of accleration, again plenty of time to assess the situation and do something about it. Driver error, poor matt installation or anchors all play a factor here. You would have thought the cop with his advanced driver training would have known to just slip the car into neautral, to hell with the engine if it redlines! if that didnt work just grab the key or hit the stop button and turn it off, there should be enough vacuum in the brake system to stop the car and if that fails … you still have the hand brake (emergency brake). The ES350 is a quick car but it didn’t jump to 120mph without at least a minutes worth of accleration, again plenty of time to assess the situation and do something about it. Driver error, poor matt installation or anchors all play a factor here.

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