Accelerator Stuck, Teen in Runaway SUV Needs Rescue
A teen’s malfunctioning SUV is racing over 100 mph with no way to stop. State Troopers and deputies acted fast to bring the runaway vehicle to a stop just before a dead-end.
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00:11 – Mom’s 911 Call
00:49 – Getting Sam on the Phone
03:05 – Hatching a Plan
05:20 – Speeding Through Town
07:12 – The Aftermath
08:19 – Company Statement
08:45 – Details and Interviews
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The cop don't have an ear bud he's holding the phone at those speeds
buy only manual gearbox…
Why on earth was anyone driving a car with that known issue, especially an 18 year old kid?? They were provided with a loaner for a reason…. so no one would drive a car that had an accelerator that could get stuck. That kids parents should be ticketed and charged for whatever damage the police car sustained
Happened to me Mansfield Texas on a bmw 318 we had just put a used engine in and had wiring issues with. I don’t know how or why I engaged cruise control but it could not disengage and brakes couldn’t do nothing. Good thing I switched off the ignition key and car stopped.
God modern cars are so terrible. I can't Imagine not having a physical leaver to put the car into neutral. You're one computer glitch away from death in a modern vehicle.
Great job officers❤….. glad all is ok
Wow. Brave officers.
The only thing I didn’t like was asking the boy stupid questions like “when you hit the brakes nothing happens?” while dude is flying 113 mph and needs to be focused. Did the cop think Sam had no idea he could use brakes to stop? Other than that it was a perfect idea to slow him down with the cruiser.
Kudos to the officers, they did a great job helping stop the car. The kid must have been so scared, any crash at 113 would have been fatal forsure.
God orchestrated every single detail
What a hero.
How did the breaks not work though?
7:15 "POTENTIALLY fatal crash" that would absolutely be a fatal crash
Honda is definitely not what it used to be. I had a 2016 MDX with a blown engine at only 60k miles. Never again will I buy that trash.
Literally a miracle from heaven
This happened to me before on the highway and I almost had a panic attack.. I tried EVERYTHING.. and then I just tried to turn my car off and it worked 🙌 I'm glad I didn't have Push button. 🤦🏻♀️
Why didn't he turn the key off? Ohh its a dumb car with an electric button that can't be shut off when not stopped
Is that drive-by-wire then?
And thats why u dont buy brake by wire cars
Stuck accelerator and the systems don't have a way to turn off the engine or disengage gear. Really poor design, basically the computer decides that one thing breaking and you got no more control.
Poor kiddo!!
How frightening!!
Kudos to him for not panicking and crashing!!!
😣
I imagine he was shaking like a leaf after that 😖
How about a manual kill switch to the fuel pump any idea guys I think this should be….
Electronic throttle, electronic parking brake, electronic gear selector, electronic ignition switch. Gee, it's almost like removing the physical connections of all parts of the drivetrain from the controls is a bad idea…
Sure run over a spike strip doing 112 mph🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️
THIS is why we NEED to stop with the computerizing of EVERYTHING. sometimes Analog is best!
Great praise for the teen in keeping a cool head, when many others would have panicked.
Modern cars with emergency brakes that don't have enough force to brake when the engine's going. ~sigh~
This is why push button ignitions are stupid to me. If I ever have a runaway I can switch my vehicles off without locking the steering. Yeah the brakes are heavier and there's no power steering, but my engine won't blow up and I'm in control of the car.
This is why cars need mechanical gear selectors.
I'm glad it turned out OK. However, the take away is why do people not know how to turn off their car when it's running? In the push-button cars I've owned, holding the start button for 3 seconds will turn them off if the car is moving. I don't know if that's a standard, however. But, it would be engineering negligence for a driver to have no ability to turn off a car just because it's moving.
Sadly, there are other stories like this where everyone dies.
Shift to neutral and then pull parking brake. Parking brake alone isn’t enough to keep the car from moving 😂 pretty easy to get a car with a stuck pedal to stop or slow down.
Thankfully the spike strip idea didn't work out. that could have been catastrophic.
Scary how you have to jump threw hoops these days to do some as simple as putting a car in neutral.
I'm confused. Why not shut off the engine?
There is probably a reason but I can't think of one.
I'm a mechanic and while watching this I was thinking about what I'd do in this situation. I honestly don't have any answer. All of those officers saved this young guys life, it's unbelievable. I'm amazed at how calm and collected the kid was, likely knowing he was going to die. That's a testament to a truly incredible character.
Teen & the cops were amazing here
10/10 car, would buy
Everyone needs to know this: To force the engine to stop on most any modern car, including Hondas, hold down the stop/start button for a few seconds. This is the equivalent of turning the key off in older cars.
Aren't brakes hydraulic? Should they not stop the car?
good lord, what a absolutely amazing handling of the situation!
So glad everything is unnecessarily computer controlled.
This shouldn't even be possible. the brakes of the car should be able to stop the car even if it's stuck on full throttle. That and the car should shut off if you press the button. How did this even happened?
Could he not shift it into Neutral?
Amazing that nobody was hurt. It's very weird that the gas pedal was stuck like this. It reminds me of when people kept having floor mats stuck on Toyotas a while back. Most cars have the locking mechanisms in them now where you turn the two knobs to hold them in place now.
The Burt Reynolds method works in real life!!
Not being able to stop is scary, but not being able to stop accellerating?! NUH UH, THATS A BIG NOPE
Shift to neutral dumbass pull E brake
7:09 protocol ultra pro max
Just shift to neutral??