Unintended Sudden Acceleration of an Hyundai Elantra Ended in High-Speed Crash
03-03-15, 06:11 PM
#121
was smart stop actually installed in your car? I thought that was only some Toyota models. It also tries to be smart so it wont cause a situation where it takes away your power and causes crash, so there is a specific set of things that need for it to happen in order to work.. it basically tries to help if your gas pedal gets stuck and you are trying to hit brakes, not vice versa.
03-03-15, 06:13 PM
#123
As an added measure of safety, Toyota created the braking system enhancement known as Smart Stop Technology. This advanced technology automatically reduces engine power when both pedals are pressed at the same time under certain conditions.
Smart Stop Technology intervenes when the accelerator is depressed first (Figure 1) and the brakes are applied firmly for longer than one-half second at speeds greater than five miles per hour. (Figure 2)
In normal driving conditions, you won’t notice Smart Stop Technology as it is imperceptible. The feature doesn’t engage if the brake pedal is depressed before the accelerator pedal. This allows for vehicles starting on a steep hill to safely accelerate without rolling backward (known as hill start).
Smart Stop Technology intervenes when the accelerator is depressed first (Figure 1) and the brakes are applied firmly for longer than one-half second at speeds greater than five miles per hour. (Figure 2)
In normal driving conditions, you won’t notice Smart Stop Technology as it is imperceptible. The feature doesn’t engage if the brake pedal is depressed before the accelerator pedal. This allows for vehicles starting on a steep hill to safely accelerate without rolling backward (known as hill start).
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/rx-...re-useful.html
but that was on new models.
03-03-15, 06:23 PM
#124
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I did for years before I learned how to drive manual. Done correctly it's actually safer than using the right foot for both gas and brake. Reaction time can be quicker.
But once you've learned to operate a clutch, trying to go BACK to two-footed driving in an automatic can cause ejection of your passengers through the windshield.
But once you've learned to operate a clutch, trying to go BACK to two-footed driving in an automatic can cause ejection of your passengers through the windshield.
03-03-15, 06:41 PM
#125
Lexus Fanatic
Originally Posted by geko29
But once you've learned to operate a clutch, trying to go BACK to two-footed driving in an automatic can cause ejection of your passengers through the windshield.
In the last ten years or so, though, as car electronics and video screens starting getting quite complex, it is still fairly easy to jump into a strange vehicle, buckle up, adjust seats/mirrors, and start the engine, but it sometimes takes a little practice for things like BMW's electronic console and stub-shifters, and, of course, navigating through video systems like I-Drive, MMI, and CUE.
Last edited by mmarshall; 03-03-15 at 06:49 PM.
03-03-15, 07:36 PM
#126
I did for years before I learned how to drive manual. Done correctly it's actually safer than using the right foot for both gas and brake. Reaction time can be quicker.
But once you've learned to operate a clutch, trying to go BACK to two-footed driving in an automatic can cause ejection of your passengers through the windshield.
But once you've learned to operate a clutch, trying to go BACK to two-footed driving in an automatic can cause ejection of your passengers through the windshield.
03-03-15, 07:37 PM
#127
Thanks wolfie. This helps
03-03-15, 07:42 PM
#128
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03-04-15, 03:08 AM
#130
Super Moderator
Not for me. Since I first learned to drive in high school (late 60s), Though I wasn't terribly good at double-clutching or heel-and-toe downshifts (to save wear on the synchros), in general, I could hop in and drive almost anything, anytime, on four wheels, clutch or automatic, without any real problems (although cold carburation and finicky chokes could often be a PITA). But I was at home behind the wheel as a pig in mud
03-04-15, 04:23 AM
#131
03-04-15, 05:55 AM
#133
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also, maybe you haven't seen the youtube videos of drivers in (name any country).
oh wait, did a youtube search on bad canadian drivers
https://www.youtube.com/results?sear...an+bad+drivers
06-01-15, 05:54 PM
#135
To everyone, while it is second nature to us how a car works, I think there are tons of driver on the road really don't understand all the basic function of a car. I can see how if their gas pedal is stuck under the floor mat, they really have no clue what to do.
I really believe they have no clue how to or what "putting it into neutral" means.
So I think is more like they don't know how, is not that they can't do it.
I really believe they have no clue how to or what "putting it into neutral" means.
So I think is more like they don't know how, is not that they can't do it.
Last edited by Pamperme; 06-01-15 at 06:16 PM.