You’re all missing an important point here. Even if the accelerator pedal had been nailed to the floor the brakes would still stop the car. This is true of ANY car with functioning brakes. In the 80’s the Audi 5000 was accused of unintended acceleration and I remember at that time seeing a demo where a Hemi Plymouth Roadrunner (500+ horsepower) with small drum brakes could be stopped and held stopped with the throttle wide open. Audi was totally exonerated by the way. Driver error was to blame in every runaway Audi case.
The little toy motor in the Prius can barely overcome speed bumps on the street where I live. The Prius does in fact have excellent brakes as do all Toyotas.
BTW- removing the key from the ignition will lock the steering wheel. Not a great idea.
That is very true. I had a car by another company and it was broken constantly even though it was brand new. The car would just turn off while driving or stall. The dealership checked the computer which said it showed no faults but when they actually did a road test the car would die and the computer would still show no problems. After physically checking the parts they were able to find the problem after over 2 years. There very well could be an issue with the computer in the Prius too.
This is true of hydrolic brakes the prius uses a system of regenitive braking that recharges the battery by turning the electric motor into a genorator. Diffrent from the cars of the eighties otherwise this would be obvious.
Hi Skeptic- yes, the Prius has regenerative brakes that use the momentum of the vehicle to help recharge the batteries. The brakes are hydraulic just like on all other cars for decades and decades. They will in fact stop the car with the throttle wide open.
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You’re all missing an important point here. Even if the accelerator pedal had been nailed to the floor the brakes would still stop the car. This is true of ANY car with functioning brakes. In the 80’s the Audi 5000 was accused of unintended acceleration and I remember at that time seeing a demo where a Hemi Plymouth Roadrunner (500+ horsepower) with small drum brakes could be stopped and held stopped with the throttle wide open. Audi was totally exonerated by the way. Driver error was to blame in every runaway Audi case.
The little toy motor in the Prius can barely overcome speed bumps on the street where I live. The Prius does in fact have excellent brakes as do all Toyotas.
BTW- removing the key from the ignition will lock the steering wheel. Not a great idea.
That is very true. I had a car by another company and it was broken constantly even though it was brand new. The car would just turn off while driving or stall. The dealership checked the computer which said it showed no faults but when they actually did a road test the car would die and the computer would still show no problems. After physically checking the parts they were able to find the problem after over 2 years. There very well could be an issue with the computer in the Prius too.
You said “unknown unknowns.” I can no longer read any of your opinions.
This is true of hydrolic brakes the prius uses a system of regenitive braking that recharges the battery by turning the electric motor into a genorator. Diffrent from the cars of the eighties otherwise this would be obvious.
Hi Skeptic- yes, the Prius has regenerative brakes that use the momentum of the vehicle to help recharge the batteries. The brakes are hydraulic just like on all other cars for decades and decades. They will in fact stop the car with the throttle wide open.