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Re: What would you do if...I'd stay in the fast lane and constantly beep the horn to tell other cars to move out of the way(Original post by Junaid96)
...your accelerator was jammed down, and your brakes/clutch weren't working. You're stuck in 5th gear on a motorway, in a car with a max speed of 200mph.
Personally I'd find one of those random fields on the sides of motorways and try to do some epic road-derail thing to get onto it, and then just go up and down the field until some emergency services arrive (what would they do to help?!) -
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Re: What would you do if...(Original post by Junaid96)
What would you do then?
Or are you suggesting you can drive at 200mph with no braking ability?
I wouldn't drive at 200mph full . I only drive about 80mph maximum -
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Re: What would you do if...You'd eventually go upto 200. That's what accelerators are for.(Original post by Hunky Harold)
I wouldn't drive at 200mph full . I only drive about 80mph maximum
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Re: What would you do if...I'd engage in a high speed chase and I seem all epic and **** with a million police cars behind me, (thusly getting magnificent amounts of pussy) and when they catch me, they'll know that it was a mechanical fault and probably let me go.(Original post by Junaid96)
...your accelerator was jammed down, and your brakes/clutch weren't working. You're stuck in 5th gear on a motorway, in a car with a max speed of 200mph.
Personally I'd find one of those random fields on the sides of motorways and try to do some epic road-derail thing to get onto it, and then just go up and down the field until some emergency services arrive (what would they do to help?!)
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Re: What would you do if...If your car's so badly maintained that the accelerator has jammed, the clutch and brake systems have failed and you can't pull the box out of gear, it's not going to be in a state to reach 200mph. Chances are you'll have been too cheap to put more than £10 worth of fuel in it so won't have to worry about going far.
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Re: What would you do if...Don't worry. You would have crashed and most likely have been dead for 10-15 minutess before the emergency services arrived.(Original post by Junaid96)
...your accelerator was jammed down, and your brakes/clutch weren't working. You're stuck in 5th gear on a motorway, in a car with a max speed of 200mph.
Personally I'd find one of those random fields on the sides of motorways and try to do some epic road-derail thing to get onto it, and then just go up and down the field until some emergency services arrive (what would they do to help?!) -
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The thread isn't so ridiculous. You must have heard a few years back that some Toyota car had a fault, which meant loads of people's brakes suddenly stopped working and several people died from it, so they had to recall that certain car type.
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Re: What would you do if...What a ridiculous question. Anyway, considered moving into the hard shoulder and switching off the engine? Then wait for the car to fully stop.
You didn't say the clutch wasn't working, use engine braking and downshifting to fully stop on the hard shoulder?Last edited by KeyFingot; 14-09-2012 at 09:51. -
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Re: What would you do if...There was a suspected issue with the throttle control software which led to the recall of several million vehicles, but the preliminary NTSA investigation (not influenced by Toyota) studied crash data recordings from a number of the cars and found that in well over half the cases the brakes hadn't been touched. The suspicion was that people hit the wrong pedal - one accident was caught on CCTV and the brake lights didn't come on until after the crash.(Original post by Zebrajess)
The thread isn't so ridiculous. You must have heard a few years back that some Toyota car had a fault, which meant loads of people's brakes suddenly stopped working and several people died from it, so they had to recall that certain car type.
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Re: What would you do if...Just out of interest, what happens if you were to pull up the handbrake if you were travelling at 40mph? Would it stop the car or would the handbrake just break?
If this happened to be (the OP's post) i'd just push the clutch to the floor and wait for it to stop (using my hazards, of course
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Re: What would you do if...Press the clutch pedal?
If it was an auto, then press the brake pedal which would still bring the vehicle to a halt even if the throttle was fully open. If the brakes weren't working as well (the chances of both brake circuits failing at the same time as the throttle jamming open are pretty remote though) then move the transmission selector to N.
Switching off the engine would be a bad idea because you'd lose servo brake assistance and you could lock the steering wheel depending on how the ignition switch works.
I've never understood how these Toyota crashes in America happened. I can only assume it was panic - I can't see how you could ever have a wide open throttle runaway that couldn't be stopped with the transmission or brakes.
You'd be in danger of locking the handbrake wheels which wouldn't be good at all(Original post by Runninground)
Just out of interest, what happens if you were to pull up the handbrake if you were travelling at 40mph? Would it stop the car or would the handbrake just break?Last edited by TheFatController; 09-09-2012 at 15:18. -
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Re: What would you do if...It would depend how good of a condition your rear brakes were in - it would either stop the car (stalling the engine if you didn't disengage the clutch), or if the handbrake was only on slightly or the brakes were in bad condition then it would cause the rear brakes to wear much quicker (think driving along with brakes slightly on but not enough to stop the car), and eventually fail. If you don't have ABS you also could skid by locking the wheels as the poster above said (I assume ABS would stop that, never actually tried!)(Original post by Runninground)
Just out of interest, what happens if you were to pull up the handbrake if you were travelling at 40mph? Would it stop the car or would the handbrake just break?
If this happened to be (the OP's post) i'd just push the clutch to the floor and wait for it to stop (using my hazards, of course )
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If regards to the OP, I would switch the engine off, move over into the hard shoulder, and wait for the car to roll to a stop. Possibly call 999 when I have sped down to 20mph or lower, so that if the car is on a hill or similar, they can stop the traffic behind me so I don't roll into another vehicle / etc.
On big hills, then there is sometimes 'escape lanes' for if your brakes fail, which are basically roads which go level and onto dirt/soil with a crash barrier to stop you. That would have been a better case to use - what would you do if you are going down a big hill, and your brakes and engine fail?
The situation says brakes have failed, so the servo brake assistance is useless. Locking the steering wheel (and disabling power steering) could cause more trouble - but the steering wheel lock doesn't usually engage until you remove the key I have found.(Original post by TheFatController)
Press the clutch pedal?
If it was an auto, then press the brake pedal which would still bring the vehicle to a halt even if the throttle was fully open.
Switching off the engine would be a bad idea beacuse you'd lose servo brake assistance and you could lock the steering wheel depending on how the ignition switch works.
I've never understood how these Toyota crashes in America happened. I can only assume it was panic - I can't see how you could ever have a wide open throttle runaway that couldn't be stopped with the transmission or brakes.
You'd be in danger of locking the handbrake wheels which wouldn't be good at allLast edited by rmhumphries; 09-09-2012 at 15:20. -
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Re: What would you do if...True, only noticed that after I started my reply so it wasn't brilliantly worded. I'd put the car into neutral and wait for it to roll to a stop if it was an auto (assuming modern autos let you select neutral while rolling - the only one I've driven does).(Original post by rmhumphries)
The situation says brakes have failed, so the servo brake assistance is useless. Locking the steering wheel (and disabling power steering) could cause more trouble - but the steering wheel lock doesn't usually engage until you remove the key I have found.
If it was a manual I'd change down through the gears to bring most of the speed off and then put it into neutral and let it roll to a stop. In this situation I wouldn't be particularly concerned about the damage that would do to the car.
Re: ABS that doesn't work on handbrakes as it is just a pure mechanical linkage - so you would still lock the wheels up potentially. I don't know if ABS works on newer electric parking brakes but I suspect they just wouldn't apply if you were moving.Last edited by TheFatController; 09-09-2012 at 15:25.
Or are you suggesting you can drive at 200mph with no braking ability?
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