It's happened again - this time right here in Fredtown.
A man said his 2010 Toyota Corolla accelerated out of control on U.S. 15 North just south of the West Patrick Street exit shortly after 4 p.m. Friday.I have a question for Toyota drivers. Have any of you dipwads ever heard of the concept of shifting the vehicle into neutral when the engine accelerates? Toyota needs to start a national advertising campaign that simply repeats these words over-and-over: Put the effing car in neutral!
Taneytown resident Frank Santoro, 62, said he was in the middle lane in bumper-to-bumper traffic. The Toyota started accelerating as he pulled into the fast lane.
"The first second or two it wasn't bad, (but) then it took off," Santoro said. "I was going to hit the car in the front of me, so I veered into the left shoulder."
The speed shot up to around 60 mph and he couldn't slow down for about 15 seconds, he said.
"The whole time I had my foot on the brake," he said. "It didn't feel like the brake was doing anything."
Santoro said he passed cars in rush-hour traffic until the engine eventually returned to normal, and cruised to a safe stop.
Honestly, I think xfloggingkylex's Toyota drivers hypothesis is being proved as accurate more and more every day.
