“In most cars, the brakes will be able to stop the car even when the engine is trying to accelerate. The exception might be with a car having more than 600hp.. but those usually have even better brakes.”

“Something did but I don’t think that it was a stuck accelerator. I just keep coming back to the point that you can’t overcome the brakes on a modern car.”

“slam on your brakes while stomping down on the accelerator. Brakes win.”

Okay, time for the Piggs who made the above comments to eat some crow. From today’s article:

Witnesses saw flames coming from the front and rear tires of the speeding 2009 Lexus ES 350 before it crashed Aug. 28 in Santee, suggesting “long, constant heavy braking,” said Sgt. Scott Hill, the lead sheriff’s investigator.

Hill said the evidence shows that there was prolonged “heavy, heavy, hard braking.”
“He did everything he could to stop that car,” he said.