Prius with stuck accelerator glides to safe stop
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Prius with stuck accelerator glides to safe stopPrius with stuck accelerator glides to safe stopEL CAJON, Calif. — A California Highway Patrol officerPVC Fabrichelped slow a runaway Toyota Prius from 94 mph to a safe stop on Monday after the car's accelerator became stuck on a San Diego County freeway, the CHP said.Prius driver James Sikes #xcalled 911 about 1:30 p.m. after accelerating to pass another vehicle on Interstate 8 near La Posta and finding that he could not control his car, the CHP said."I pushed the gas pedal to pass a car and it did something kind of funny... it jumped and it just stuck there," the 61-year-old driver said at a news conference. "As it was going, I was trying the brakes...it wasn't stopping, it wasn't doing anything and it just kept speeding up,Compact fluorescent lamp," Sikes said, adding he could smell the brakes burning he was pressing the pedal so hard.A patrol carPVC Fabricpulled alongside the Prius and officers told Sikes over a loudspeaker to push the brake pedal to the floor and apply the emergency brake."They also got it going on a steep upgrade," said Officer Jesse Udovich. "Between those three things, they got it to slow down."After the car decelerated to about 50 mph, Sikes turned off the engine and coasted to a halt.The officer then maneuvered his car in front of the Prius as a precautionary block, Udovich said.In a statement, Toyota said it has dispatched a field technical specialist to San Diego to investigate the incident.Toyota #xhas recalled some 8.5 million vehicles worldwide — more than 6 million in the United States — since last fallPVC Fabricbecause of acceleration problems in multiple models and braking issues in the Prius.相关的主题文章：
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