After yestersays Toyota testimony, do you think the CHP officer shifted to Neutral?

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Chris C

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At the lunch table a lot of us we confused how a trained California Highway Patrol officer didn't know to shift his Lexus to neutral. You don't get better driver training than a State Trooper. It has caused a lot of debate. Some people were knocking his training and cool under pressure.

People would get almost angry and say "shift the car to neutral and shut off the engine - what's the problem"

We find out his car doesn't have a key to shut off. but a button that goes thru a computer.

So he should have known to put he car in neutral.

Yesterday Rhonda Smith testified she tried every gear even reverse..

That makes sense the shifter lever isn't mechanically connected to the transmission. It is an input to the transmission control unit (tcu). The TCU actually controls the transmission with inputs from the gas pedal and engine control unit. The TCU isn't going to shift gears until the software determines what gear the ECU wants.

Was he acting cool under pressure or did he forget something as basic as shifting to neutral? Was the call to 911 proof that he was in control?
 
Even though the trooper may have had the training and knowledge,
the urgency of the situation clouded his thought process to the
point of endangering himself and his family. "What to do Next"
completely escaped him and resulted in tragedy. I just hope that
everyone in the world who drives a Toyo that may be subject to
running away takes just a few minutes to develop a simple safe
maneuver to protect themselves and their passengers!
 
Even though the trooper may have had the training and knowledge,
the urgency of the situation clouded his thought process to the
point of endangering himself and his family. "What to do Next"
completely escaped him and resulted in tragedy. I just hope that
everyone in the world who drives a Toyo that may be subject to
running away takes just a few minutes to develop a simple safe
maneuver to protect themselves and their passengers!
 
Even though the trooper may have had the training and knowledge,
the urgency of the situation clouded his thought process to the
point of endangering himself and his family. "What to do Next"
completely escaped him and resulted in tragedy. I just hope that
everyone in the world who drives a Toyo that may be subject to
running away takes just a few minutes to develop a simple safe
maneuver to protect themselves and their passengers!
 
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