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| Thread ID: 107969 | 2010-03-09 05:10:00 | Run Away Prius | SurferJoe46 (51) | PC World Chat |
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| 865318 | 2010-03-11 02:51:00 | Thats a very valid point about being prepared. As an ex pilot we were trained to anticipate a problem especially during the critical stage of flight and to know what to do. From my years of flight instruction it apalled me that there are so many things that can occur while driving that trainee drivers are not made aware of. Not so long ago I was travelling a straight piece of road approaching a bend when the power steering belt failed. How many drivers on this forum have experienced a power steering failure and know what to expect. Could this be the reason for unexplained head ons or running off the road into a tree? What about the failure of the alternator drive belt on a diesel? How many drivers know that the loss of this belt can lead to loss of brake boost. The vehicle is still controllable in these situations but what is it like to control? You need to know. An old Humber 80 I used to teach driving in had a rod that went from the accelerator across the floor boards under the passsengers feet. One could simulate a stuck throttle by putting your foot in the right place and thereby applying full throttle. The reaction of the learner driver the first time this happens is just as you say. Panic and trying to reach down and lift the pedal up. The answer is simple. For drive belt failures, find a safe hill, turn of the engine and coast using the brakes until the reserve boost is used up.You still have steering and you still have brakes but to experience this the first time it feels like you have nothing. For a stuck throttle demonstrate the effect of turning the ignition off. While these things may not be applicable to modern cars there will be something that is. What are our driving instructors doing. |
tut (12033) | ||
| 865319 | 2010-03-11 04:55:00 | That reminds me of engine failure on take off practice when I learnt to fly. Only have to do it every biannual flight review now For a start it used to scare the **** outta me. Almost every take off with the instructor involved him pulling the throttle back to idle so after a while it got to be routine. My instructor was an engine failure practice nut as soon as he saw you relax, smile he would pull the throttle back. When you got cocky with his engine failures with throttle retardation he would turn the key, off pull it out of the mag switch and drop on the floor. Luckily he did this over the Hauraki plains where there are long fields. Sometimes I still wake up in the early hours of the morning in a nightmare doing engine failure practice |
prefect (6291) | ||
| 865320 | 2010-03-11 04:57:00 | Ex glider pilots fail to see the problem. | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 865321 | 2010-03-11 05:13:00 | Yeah I suppose so, another thing he did was short field landing on the airstrip. Using toi toi flowers and stalks stuck in the ground as the boundaries. As soon as you got cocky he would start moving them in. When I did have engine failure for real at Raglan (crank seized) it was just robotic actions that put the plane on the ground no sweat. |
prefect (6291) | ||
| 865322 | 2010-03-11 05:20:00 | Every landing should be a practise short landing. They are the ones you have to do very well in bad weather on some rotten paddock when you are practising bad flight planning. | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 865323 | 2010-03-11 05:56:00 | That reminds me of engine failure on take off practice when I learnt to fly. Only have to do it every biannual flight review now For a start it used to scare the **** outta me Oh the joys of learning to fly...........auto rotate would scare the crap out of me. As it was pointed out so nicely by one of my instructors many many years ago, all take off's are optional, all landings are mandatory (one way or another) |
PinoyKiw (9675) | ||
| 865324 | 2010-03-12 03:31:00 | UPDATE: The guy who said his Prius was not responding has been a media whore for a while . He's filed bankruptcy, lost a $500,000 house (expensive in US$), had several run-ins with neighbors who are very glad to see he lost the home and moved out of their neighborhood and generally is a discredit to bipedal creatures . There may or may NOT be a legitimate claim here . The jury's out and the Toyota team has subpoenaed for permission to review the black box in the car at the time of the "accident" to see what gives . Black boxes are NOT allowed as prima facia evidence in any pre- peri- or post- litigation proceedings in the US as of yet by federal law . News at 10 . |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 865325 | 2010-03-12 06:51:00 | Doesn't happen to just petrol engines either www.peachparts.com :eek: www.youtube.com |
feersumendjinn (64) | ||
| 865326 | 2010-03-12 07:05:00 | Self appointed experts that liberally oil dry air filters on a diesel can cause a bit of a dance to the doors in a workshop when a diesel starts hopping about the place. After half an hour or so it started to seem funny. |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 865327 | 2010-03-14 08:00:00 | Maybe a way to get off a speeding ticket (www.stuff.co.nz) | plod (107) | ||
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