Interesting Thread on Claimed 'Unintended Acceleration' Incident

[Brett Dikeman]

On Jun 19, 2007, at 12:04 PM, Dan DiBiase wrote:

> Damn, hate this new Yahoo format....
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/alt.autos.audi/browse_thread/thread/ 
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Comedy time....

"I was NOT pressing on the gas pedal. I didnt want to shut off the  
engine with the key until I was stopped as I feared losing steering. "

At anything over 5mph, you don't need power steering to maneuver a  
car, within reason (you're not going to be making any J-turns.)  The  
infamous LT1Q was tracked sans hydraulic pump if I remember correctly...

If you turn off the ignition, the car isn't going to randomly pick a  
direction to travel in all of the sudden.  Get in breakdown lane,  
turn off engine.

Why didn't he shift it into neutral?

"ALMOST CAUSED A CRASH, VERY INEFFECTIVE BRAKING WITH ENGINE TRYING  
TO KEEP CAR GOING AT ABOUT 55
MPH, BUT I MANAGED TO PULL OVER AND SHUT CAR OFF."

As always, people exaggerate engine torque.  You can't ride the  
brakes- you have to firmly apply them and bring the car to a slow  
speed and then turn off the engine.  If you ride them, yeah, you're  
going to cook the brake fluid and the pedal is going to drop to the  
floor.

"RADICAL ENGINE ACCELERATION"

Bwahahahahaha.  Maybe his 100S has that ultra-rare turbo/port/polish/ 
nitrous option package.

"I AM AN ENGINEER"
"I skydive and I have had two main chute malfunctions that required  
cutaways. I have experience in handling emergencies and not  
panicking. I was NOT pressing on the gas pedal"

Oh wait, false alarm, folks.  He's not an idiot- he's a skydiving  
engineer, which makes him an expert.  We'd better run right out and  
pull all the '92 100S's off the roads RIGHT NOW!

*slaps forehead*

This story reminds me of the EMT in NY a couple years ago who claimed  
her truck was accelerating out of control.  Wouldn't you know, she  
doesn't call 911 until a state trooper appears, and when the vehicle  
is stopped, nobody can find anything wrong.  Maybe she was just  
caught using her dashboard flasher to speed/drive recklessly, and  
needed a cover story when a cop showed up...

Brett