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Driver Gets Stuck On Cruise Control

Posted by samzenpus on from the drop-me-off-anywhere dept.

Benaiah writes "In something seemingly out of a Keanu Reeves movie, an Australian driver was unable to make his freeway exit when his car failed to slow down as he applied the brake. For those of you too lazy to RTFA he tried everything to stop the car including turning off the ignition but to no avail, the computer was in control. Police at one point escorted him down the wrong side of the road at 80km/h(50mp/h) until he eventually was able to stop it by repeatedly stepping on the brake pedal. Ford Australia spokeswoman Sinead McAlary said there has been a recall on that make of car but for a different reason."

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  1. Throw it in neutral and apply the hand break? by tsalmark · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Every time I see one of these stories I wonder, what about shifting to Neutral. I only drive standard, so am not sure, but don't Automatics still have a Neutral setting for the transmission, or are these drivers in need of another round of drivers ed?

    1. Re:Throw it in neutral and apply the hand break? by Yvan256 · · Score: 2, Insightful

      It's called panic.

    2. Re:Throw it in neutral and apply the hand break? by tsalmark · · Score: 2, Insightful

      No it does not mention trying to put it in Neutral.