Someone also left out one of the statements on the same posting:
A preliminary investigation into the fiery crash that killed a California Highway Patrol officer and three family members indicates it may have been caused by an accelerator trapped by a floor mat, said Sheriff’s Department officials.
If you have run-away acceleration and decide to use the brakes to maintain speed but not stop the vehicle, you can fade them to nothing.. but they will smoke and not ignite… and you may have boiled the brake fluid which means you will have a very spongy feeling brake with almost no resistance.. but not ignition.[/quote]
I think you missed the point of my post, ucode and flu.
There were armchair quarterbacks on this thread who made the assumption that he could not have been using the brakes (one surmised that he had his foot on the gas instead) because the vehicle did not stop.
The point of my post was that yes indeed he had his foot on the brake and here’s proof. Making assumptions similar to “well I’ve tried it and it can’t be done” is a very dangerous thing.
