Crash reports tell of horror (Toyota vehicles)

[marmar]

from the Chicago Tribune:



Crash reports tell of horror
Sudden and unexpected speed is a common thread in accounts of fatal wrecks involving Toyota vehicles, some of which haven't been recalled.

February 28, 2010


'Look of terror'

Umni Suk Chung screamed, "No brakes! No brakes! No brakes!" as her Lexus RX330 sped along the shoulder of the 10 Freeway in West Los Angeles on a deadly collision course.

Chung's luxury SUV was going nearly 80 mph when it smashed into a Mercedes sedan on the Overland Avenue exit ramp. The Lexus overturned, killing Chung's sister-in-law, Esook Synn, who was seated in the back seat. Chung and another passenger were badly injured.

A woman who said she witnessed the accident said that she could see a "look of terror" in Chung's face just moments before the Dec. 15, 2008, crash.

"They looked like they lost control of the car. The car did not look like it was decelerating at all, as if the accelerator was stuck or something," the woman wrote on the Los Angeles Fire Department website.

Chung and Synn, both Torrance residents, had been returning to work at a real estate office after having lunch at a Korean restaurant. ..........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/la-fi-toyota-deaths-mainbar28-2010feb28,0,3573560.story

[tech9413]

1. One more reason I'll keep my manual everything Honda

For those of you who have newer more sophisticated cars rule #1 put it in neutral, don't shut it off unless you have the upper body strength to turn the wheel. When you shut off the ignition you lose power steering assist. Slam your steering from side to side if you won't hit anyone. Turning the steering wheel is like hitting the brakes. If you are in traffic and aren't sure you may hit someone, lock the wheel to the right. You'll spin out and may roll but you have less chance of hurting someone else.
edit to add: Basic driving is easy but if you don't challenge your skills you'll find yourself not having the skills you need to save your ass.

[itsrobert]

2. Thanks for posting this

Looks like Toyota employees are getting paid per unrec.

[DainBramaged]

3. There are a SLEW of them here.....

:puke:

[itsrobert]

4. Wow, pretty awful what these people went through

n/t

[vadawg]

5. not any worse than anyone else involved in an accident in any model of car

i imagine the old exploding gas tanks were just as bad or the suv rollovers...

[itsrobert]

6. I think that was like 30 years ago

But nice try on hi-jacking the thread.