Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Police chased a Prius with a defective accelerator

San Diego 'runaway Prius' has media buzzing
In San Diego (CA) performed the role of the patrol car brakes for Toyota Prius with a known problem the accelerator pedal.

61-year-old James Sykes moved on his Prius on the highway when he realized that his car gas pedal and he can not even move the selector gearshift in neutral position. California police had to urgently send a patrol car in order to stop the Prius. The vehicle had to overtake a vehicle breakdown and act as a brake, gradually slowing the defective car.

Toyota immediately dispatched a specialist to study of the fault. It is strange that a defective Prius belongs to the generation of cars that have suffered from custom rugs, and on the gas pedal from them all was in order.

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