Maybe. Every couple is different. Domestic disputes can be violent and crazy.
I know you know this, but that’s almost true. Push the pedal down and you pull a cable that mechanically opens the throttle. Not much can go wrong there, and if the cable jams, the throttle stays closed.
OTOH, take you foot off the pedal and a spring should pull the throttle closed and push the cable backwards to move the pedal upwards. Should. I had a car that broke the spring once. You could add pedal, but nothing changed when you took your foot off the gas.
I also had one (yes, it had been customized) where at full throttle the linkage could stick. Stand on the gas and the next thing you knew it was stuck at full throttle. Oops. Sold that car and heard later that the new buyer blew up the engine a week later; it stuck at WOT and he cleverly depressed the clutch & stopped the runaway but did not think to turn off the key until after the big kablooey 20 or 30 seconds later.
The Bentley Flying Spur uses a drive-by-wire throttle. No direct linkage, it’s all computer controlled. If there was sudden acceleration, it would likely be a software issue, or maybe a stuck actuator.
I suspect the casino surveillance footage will help here.
Toyota fixed the mat problem basically stapling it to the floor. (You can remove it.) I had a Prius this was done to. But there were many cases of it, not so much for Bentley.
As for liability, I’m sure some lawyer will try to sue the government for putting the customs hut in the wrong place.
That would be a foolish waste of the lawyer’s time and money. Lawyers don’t typically file frivolous lawsuits. (Exceptions exist, of course).
Am I the only one SMH about a non-celebrity who drives a Bentley and is a KISS fan? Not saying that there’s anything wrong with that, just that back when the band was in its prime, the two demographics were poles apart. Times have changed.
Out on the road today I saw a Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac.
A: It was a joke. (A lawyer joke, to be specific.)
B: I believe there have been highly visible frivolous lawsuits in the recent past. Don’t want to say more in a breaking news thread.
Electronic throttle control (ETC) has been around for at least a couple of decades. It helps with emissions by slowing down throttle transients (how fast the throttle plate changes positions when you change the position of the accelerator pedal) just enough so that fuel injection can keep up, and has other advantages for the manufacturer as well. And ever since the US began mandating electronic stability control (ESC) in all new cars starting in 2009, I’m not aware of any new cars sold here that don’t use ETC, as it’s just about impossible to implement ESC without it.
True, but modern cars have excellent braking systems. There’s much more stopping power than there is torque from the engine. And they can handle a lot of use before they fail.
Heck, I had a 1968 Plymouth with crappy stock brakes that could overpower its 400hp engine.
When KISS was in its prime, its audience was teenagers and people in their 20s. That was 30 years ago.
Their fans are now in their 50s and some have no doubt done well in their careers and can buy top-end cars.
In the unintended acceleration case against Toyota, as I recall it:
—the Prius suddenly accelerated and continued to do so until it crashed, killing all 4 occupants.
—the plaintiffs were able to prove that the floor mat could have prevented the accelerator pedal from returning.
—Toyota downloaded data from the car, which showed that something was holding the pedal to the floor.
—the same data showed the brake pedal was not depressed at any time between acceleration and impact.
Uh, that was 45-50+ years ago.
30 years ago was 1993.
Right, I have a calendar, and was alive and conscious in the 1970s. That was my point: it’s hard for those of us who WERE alive and conscious then to reconcile “KISS fan” with “old and wealthy”.
Just cognitive dissonance (AKA, in this context, “We done got old”).
LA LA LA LA!! I can’t hear you!
You might be the only one who knows what SMH means.
I know Shaking My Head (it’s extremely common on Reddit). But wot’s WOT? (As in the position of a stuck accelerator?)
Wot’s…uh the deal?*
Wide Open Throttle
Which is itself a cool band name.
*musical reference for old people
If only there was some way to search the global knowledge store to learn things like the answer to “what does smh mean”…
It means Sydney Morning Herald?