XPost: alt.autos.toyota.camry, alt.autos.toyota, alt.autos.lexus   
   XPost: rec.autos.tech   
   From: stauffer@usfamily.net   
      
   Hachiroku ハチロク wrote:   
   > A 68 year old woman ran her car through a brick and steel wall, into a   
   > laundromat, and damaged the wall and 5 or 6 washing machines, you know,   
   > the big industrial ones...   
   >   
   > She was sneaking up on a parking space when all of a sudden the car   
   > accelerated and crashed through the wall and the washing machines.   
   >   
   > She was driving a Camry. The accident has been attributed by the media to   
   > a 'sticking accelerator'.   
   >   
   > Um, how FAST are you driving when pulling into a parking space? Fast   
   > enough to crash through a brick wall?   
   >   
      
   I noticed this too.  Sticking throttle would not account for   
   acceleration.  Maintaining speed when you slow down, sure, but not rapid   
   unintended acceleration.   
      
   I have had three cars that have had sticking accelerators (well, two   
   sticking and one failure of the carb return spring).  Two were stick   
   shift, easy enough to react to, it is almost instinctive to declutch.   
   Now that both of our cars are automatic, we'll see how I react the next   
   time it happens :-(   
      
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