WHAT TO DO IN CASE OF STUCK GAS PEDAL Motorists KILLED due tofloor mat jamming up gas pedal, including an odfficer and his family

On Oct 24, 1:42*pm, "Rod Speed" > wrote:
> Jeff Jonas wrote:
> >>> If this happens to you, the best thing to do is throw the car in
> >>> NEUTRAL, so you keep your power brakes and steering
>
> > Agreed! I've never learned manual transmission
> > but I knew to use 'neutral' (not park) in case of emergency,
> > such as
> > - when the engine died while on an uncrowded highway,
> > *neutral let me coast down the hill,
> > *safely steer to the shoulder and stop by the emergency call box.
> > - when using a rental truck with a broken fuel gauge,
> > *I'd get it up to speed, stall, use neutral to coast,
> > *pull aside, restart, repeat until at gas station.
>
> >>> failing that, turn off the ignition
>
> > BAD IDEA: that often locks the steering!
>
> No reason why you cant turn the ignition off to kill the engine
> and then turn it on again so the steering isnt locked.
>
> > For way too much information about that,
> > a fellow who crashed his car due to that
> > formed a one-man-crusade against steering wheel locks.

That's expecting waaaay too much thought out of most drivers.

Dave