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I believe that cruise control automatically disengages if the speed drops 20km/h below the set speed, so it sounds like at the end when he managed to engage the handbrake, the speed dropped enough for the system to turn off. Sounds like his brake switch broke which is why he couldn't disengage the cruise control by pressing the brakes. Why couldn't he engage neutral though? |
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So the brake switch and cruise switch failed along with the gear selector. I'd like to know what really happened?
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Couldn't turn the car off?
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I don't know Explorers, but the ignition might not let you switch off the ignition while in gear (assuming its auto). Still don't understand why the driver couldn't select neutral. |
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The radio report said territory, was it a terri or exploder?
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What was he doing in Frankston anyway? He could have got off at the Monash and went all the way to Traralgon with little effort.
Obviously nobody from highway patrol has watched Speed. |
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Sounds like bollocks to me.
While I haven't been in a situation where the cruise control has jammed, I have been in a situation with an XW where the throttle jammed wide open in a 60 zone. Took about half a second to realise what had gone wrong and put it into neutral before shutting it down. |
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I remember seeing a doco on Youtube about Explorers having their throttle jammed open in the UK (another RHD market, hmmm) with tragic results. Probably worth a look to find it.
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I read years ago and the physics makes sense that a large cars brakes have about the equivalent of 600kW. Considering the vehicle in qestion is powered by what 150-175kW? Even if the cruise did 'jam' on or stuck throttle cable etc jam on the brakes. Don't be shy about it. Come to a stop and put it in neutral. Sounds like inexperience and panic has set in. Bet that Paul Gover makes a 'piece' from this...
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How can you not turn the ignition off? I've never seen a car that won't let you turn the key off when driving.
Also, have driven cars where the cruise and accelerator cables have jammed, but quick thinking to put it in neutral avoided any disaster. Definitely sounds like driver error.
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The driver said on Channel 9 that the brake pedal was "stiff" and he could only get it down to 80
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i don't think i've EVER heard of this happening, I wouldn't think it would even be possible
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Sounds like BS to cover something else up... put the car in neutral and turn the car off..... if he cant work those basic things out hows he going to react in a real emergency...
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If it was manual, put the clutch in, if its auto, straight into neautral. Too many things there going wrong at texactly the same time, I think its just human error. Pull on the handbrake, if its roadworthy and works, that will stop you, albeit slightly sideways. And as if the brakes couldnt be used, Im calling major B/S to all this.
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I'm with all of you, absolute total crap, no common sense I think. If you saw the guy on TV you might get the picture, claims to have "screamed" when the cops opened the door hmmmm
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I heard the guy interviewed on 3aw around 5pm... This was what he said..
(like we ALL have Ford service number in our phone??) Chase Weir today told Radio 3AW of his frantic calls to Ford and police after discovering he could not switch off the large vehicle, which was hitting speeds of more than 80km/h. ‘‘The person I spoke to at Ford service said the key wasn’t moving because it was driving in the wrong gear,’’ Mr Weir told 3AW. ‘‘At first he said ‘don’t drive the car because it’s dangerous’ and I said ‘well, that’s kind of the problem - I’m actually in the car and I cannot stop it’.’’ As the traffic got heavier, Mr Weir hung up and called Triple-O, where a police sergeant helped calm the scared motorist as the Ford sped along the freeway. ‘‘She asked me to again try turning the ignition off, put the car in neutral, put your whole body weight on the footbrake,’’ he told 3AW. ‘‘When I did that the car slowed to 80km/h but then the footbrake just became stiff, it wouldn’t go any further. So it was like I had no brakes,’’ he said. ‘‘The police sergeant told me to straight away put my hazards on and stay in the emergency lane. ‘‘It was a bit scary because every now and then you’d come up to someone sitting in the emergency lane talking on their mobile.’’ Police arrived quickly, with two cars under sirens and lights driving ahead of the tearaway four-wheel-drive to clear traffic. ‘‘Pretty much that’s all they could do until I reached Frankston and that’s just when I saw three or four lanes of traffic that wasn’t moving very fast and I’m doing 100 and I just said to her 'I’m going to die'. ‘‘And I just put all my weight on that footbrake, swerved on the wrong side of the road to avoid running into the back of everyone including other police cars, went over the concrete road island, bounced a bit.’’ Mr Weir also pulled on the handbrake, bringing the car to a halt outside the Monash University Peninsula campus - and just half a metre away from a head-on collision. The 22-year-old, who is now recovering in Frankston Hospital, said he suffered some whiplash, and shock. Police have taken the Ford for inspection. ‘‘Which I’m fine with,’’ Mr Weir laughed. Ford Australia public relations manager Sinead McAlary said Ford had not experienced anything like this before. ‘‘We will be making contact with the driver as soon as possible to learn more about what took place and then get access to his vehicle to investigate the matter further," she said.
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I hope they drug tested him.....
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There's a lot of this story that makes no sense at all. A lot of things would need to go wrong in a short space of time. I personally can't see the ignition jamming, the brakes failing, the throttle jamming and the gear selector failing all in a short period of time. Something may have happened out there but the guy seems to be all over the news in a hurry. If the car is proven to be faulty well fair enough, if it's a hoax throw the book at him.
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After reading some of the response's, maybe just maybe he might have been in a bit of a delima,
Does anybody here own a similar vehicle, as other's have responded that with the Explorer, you can not turn or take the key's out, and you can not put the lever into Neutral, now I don't claim this to be the case but other's that own similar vehicles will know. Also I don't know how you would go by just jumping on the brakes, if the throttle was still going, I mean anybody who has done a line locker, would understand this. |
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I've got 2 comments firstly, For those that caught the interview on the news would agree, he didn't seem all that bright and also I hope they booked him for using his mobile while driving!
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What a load of CRAP.
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bffft what a looser i own an explorer and i really couldnt see this happenin DRUG TEST !!!!
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The wombat was on 9 news and I can safely say that he was a dead set worry. A few stubbies short of a 6-pack.
Mind you it appeared that he managed to steer the ship around any collision and eventually came to a halt... in the opposite set of lanes! |
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Me, Walt, XRQTR, Mo, Wally and Rodderz put some intensive detective work into this and found the following!... Just how many Chase Weirs could there be? (who'd name their kid that for a start?)
The guys a plant.. Copenhagen's in tatters... What better way to push their trolley then an "outta control, gas guzzling, ozone depleting, climate destroying Toorak tractor threatening civilisation?... LOOK..http://www.linkedin.com/in/chaseweir
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God, so only at the very end of his fantastic journey he decides to pull the handbrake and the car stops? This guy sounds like a moron. I love how he calls 000 and has them ring up Ford for a solution. I could imagine the Ford tech on the other end of the phone saying "they all do that".
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