Just heard on the news that strangely enough the guy in California who’s Toyota Prius  allegedly was  possessed by Satan or something,  just might be trying to pull a scam. Gosh, you think?  Apparently I was the only one who listened to the news du jour last week on this absurd farce and said, “this guy is full of shit”.  All the talking heads on all the networks, CNN, Fox, ABC, NBC, CBS, were crapping in their cages, hyperventilating about “his car reached 90 mph”.  And then the 911 call “it won’t stop”.  Folks, think about all this for a moment. They always have time to reach down and tug on the pedal, make phone calls, call 911, play on Twitter, call their lawyers, write a will, who knows what, but…THEY CAN’T PUT THE DAMN CAR IN NEUTRAL!!  In fact, this particular scammer was asked by 911 “have you tried to put the car in neutral”.  Of course not, he was too busy making phone calls, playing on the laptop, who knows what!   Turns out the guy is buried in credit card debt.  Who would have thunk it?  Here’s a clue folks, the odds of your state of the art newer car flying down the road with a stuck throttle  are far less than  being hit by lightning … Seriously.  Ninety people are killed yearly by lightning.  Now Think of how many millions of, say Toyota’s there are out there. Out of all of these cars, there have been about 50 wrecks from this “problem”.  About half the number of lightning deaths. Of course, it’s much easier (and far more profitable)  to blame the car companies for the wreck  than admit one was playing with a radio, trying to moonwalk on the hood, the ubiquitous texting,  and just maybe, about 80% of the drivers on the road can’t drive a fucking nail, much less a motorized vehicle.  Regardless, if you just got singed by a close lightning bolt,  lost your winning powerball ticket, AND  your throttle does in fact stick,  no need to panic, here is all you have to do…PUT THE VEHICLE IN NATURAL!!  That’s it. Nothing else. In layman’s terms you have disconnected the transmission from the driving wheels, the car WILL NOT accelerate anymore, it CAN’T!  Then just apply the brakes slowly, and you will come to a stop. End of story. BTW, about Neutral that’s the “N” on your console, the one you blow by on your way to either “P”, “R”, or “D”.  Try it a couple of times, and you are good to go. If your one of the few, like me, who drive stick often, depress the clutch and take it out of gear. Crisis over. One last thing,  you can thank me for this advice and knowledge  that might save your ass someday  by putting your cell phone away while you are driving and pay attention, remember MOTORCYCLES ARE EVERYWHERE!

This explains a lot about the recession