Car goes through busy traffic at 130 kilometres in 15s, injuring 10 people, but with no one dead - Polidicks

[QUOTE=Netsc;35955795]Honestly, if my car started accelerating like that i'd be too concerned about trying not to fucking die to think about stuff like that.[/QUOTE] Which is ironic because it would be THE easiest and most secure way of keeping yourself from dying. [editline]14th May 2012[/editline] I don't know how you people but when I learned to drive, I very quickly got used to that when my car moves in a way I don't foresee (I am on a downward slope I didn't notice), I just instinctively begin braking.

[quote]Six days, another car accident similar to the runaway car from Hyundai Motor that accelerated while waiting for a traffic signal has occured in Korea. On-vehicle camera video captured by the driver on the Internet has been published, and it's causing big ripples. On Sunday the 9th, on the video sharing site YouTube, a video titled "Sonata YF video sudden acceleration" has been published with more than 90 seconds of the car suddenly speeding up to breakneck speeds of 130kph from a dead stop in 15 seconds. The voice of the driver showing surprise to the car suddenly starting to move was also recorded on the video and is the unconfirmed uploader of the video. The car did not hit pedestrians, however the driver suffered a broken rib after impacting another car while the driver of the other car suffered damage to his spine. Currently, car accident analysis is being carried out in the National Institute of Scientific Investigation. We contacted a Hyundai Motor representative who commented that, "We do not know how the sudden acceleration was caused and we will not guess the reasons, but we're sure the outcome of the investigation will find answers."[Section here too much gibberish to translate] The family of the driver strongly condemed the support of Hyundai.[/quote] Tried to clean up the Engrish a bit.

people need to learn what to do in these situations, you shift the car into neutral then hit the brakes, else your just going to heat up the brakes, causing brake fade, meaning that they become absolutely useless quite quickly, I just hope they find that this was a unique problem and not a design issue

[QUOTE=Awesomecaek;35955786]This looks really weird. It looks like he leaves the lane just far too quickly and fluently, if you consider that what just happened was something he shouldn't see coming at all. Good reflex? Maybe, but then I would expect him to do a smarter choice, than guiding the thing straight forwards through the traffic. It has to be investigated thoroughly before anybody can draw a meaningful conclusion, but it seems just weird to me. One thing that comes to my mind is that the driver might have wanted to fuck with the passanger and wanted to act the runaway out, but didn't handle it in the end. Just a bare speculation, tho, obviously.[/QUOTE] It kinda looks like he wanted to pull out/overtake the car in front of him anyway - he only starts sounding panicked as he pulls past it as the car keeps accelerating. I could be wrong though.

[QUOTE=Camundongo;35956425]It kinda looks like he wanted to pull out/overtake the car in front of him anyway - he only starts sounding panicked as he pulls past it as the car keeps accelerating. I could be wrong though.[/QUOTE] Yeah that also came to my mind - that he maybe did begin the move on his own and then found himself permanently accelerating. It would explain the smooth drive out of his lane and as his leg was on the pedal already, it's possible that the driving mat got stuck into it or something like that, just mechanically. I can't help myself but "the control unit just went crazy and revved up the engine on it's own" sounds incredibly unlikely to me.

Turn the key you idiot. THE KEY!

[QUOTE=Awesomecaek;35956495]Yeah that also came to my mind - that he maybe did begin the move on his own and then found himself permanently accelerating. It would explain the smooth drive out of his lane and as his leg was on the pedal already, it's possible that the driving mat got stuck into it or something like that, just mechanically. I can't help myself but "the control unit just went crazy and revved up the engine on it's own" sounds incredibly unlikely to me.[/QUOTE] Could be a failure with the accelerator, but its pretty bad engineering if it jams on after a failure.

I kept rereading the title thinking "how the fuck did he manage to travel 130km in 15 seconds?"

I've had a runaway engine before. It's scary. But here's the thing: It's not going to run out of control if you don't let it. The simplest thing to do is to turn the key to Off. NOT the position you remove it, the one just before that. The engine will shut off, but you will not activate the steering lock. You can also tug it into neutral, any automatic worth it's salt will pop right out of gear when you do this, and then you calmly coast it to a stop on the side of the road. My friend had a throttle lever stick on his '67 Mustang as well. Went from about 35MPH to 110MPH in no time at all(Fucking built 351W V8s tend to do that). He didn't hit anything, he killed the ignition and coasted it into my driveway unscathed. Jimmies were rustled but nothing crashed, and we fixed the problem in a few minutes. It isn't rocket science, and honestly if you can't regain control of a runaway within 15 seconds I don't feel you're qualified to drive, especially given how prone DBW systems seem to be to it.[QUOTE=demoguy08;35955084]No, manual transmission is still standard in most of Europe, for example. You can't take a license in Scandinavia if you can't drive a stick.[/QUOTE] Give it ten or fifteen years and you'll find less clutch pedals than PRNDLs on new car lots. [QUOTE=shingda;35955654]Why didn't he just remove the key from the ignition? Or push the button to shut of the engine? or pull the handbrake up? [editline]/[/editline] Can someone give us an english translation?[/QUOTE] Panic, probably. [QUOTE=ddrl46;35954262]Just wondering, if this was a vehicle malfunction, why were they filming it?[/QUOTE] Dashboard cameras are not limited to just emergency vehicles you know. I use my phone as a dash cam. 99% of what I catch is inconsequential bullshit, but it's rolling in the off chance something cool does happen.

[quote]The voice of the video driver was surprised to suddenly start moving car has been recording, voice "rabbitfish (boy),? I've been what happened to"[/quote] Trippy

[QUOTE=TestECull;35957571]I've had a runaway engine before. It's scary. But here's the thing: It's not going to run out of control if you don't let it. The simplest thing to do is to turn the key to Off. NOT the position you remove it, the one just before that. The engine will shut off, but you will not activate the steering lock. You can also tug it into neutral, any automatic worth it's salt will pop right out of gear when you do this, and then you calmly coast it to a stop on the side of the road. My friend had a throttle lever stick on his '67 Mustang as well. Went from about 35MPH to 110MPH in no time at all(Fucking built 351W V8s tend to do that). He didn't hit anything, he killed the ignition and coasted it into my driveway unscathed. Jimmies were rustled but nothing crashed, and we fixed the problem in a few minutes. It isn't rocket science, and honestly if you can't regain control of a runaway within 15 seconds I don't feel you're qualified to drive, especially given how prone DBW systems seem to be to it. [b]Give it ten or fifteen years and you'll find less clutch pedals than PRNDLs on new car lots.[/b] Panic, probably. Dashboard cameras are not limited to just emergency vehicles you know. I use my phone as a dash cam. 99% of what I catch is inconsequential bullshit, but it's rolling in the off chance something cool does happen.[/QUOTE] That's because electric, not because we want it. We can get automatic transmissions here, we just don't.

[QUOTE=TestECull;35957571] Give it ten or fifteen years and you'll find less clutch pedals than PRNDLs on new car lots. [/QUOTE] Probably not. Keeping manual at standard is a conscious choice, it's not like we don't have cars with automatic transmission. For one, manuals are more gas efficient. Second, if you can't operate a manual you're not even eligible for a proper driver's license here, making you look pretty dumb if you drive automatic for any other reson than comfort.

[QUOTE=mobrockers2;35957648]That's because electric, not because we want it. We can get automatic transmissions here, we just don't.[/QUOTE] For the 2013 Model year they're dropping manual transmissions on this car for all trims in every country that it's sold. [editline]16th May 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=demoguy08;35982129]Probably not. Keeping manual at standard is a conscious choice, it's not like we don't have cars with automatic transmission. For one, [B]manuals are more gas efficient[/B]. Second, if you can't operate a manual you're not even eligible for a proper driver's license here, making you look pretty dumb if you drive automatic for any other reson than comfort.[/QUOTE] Not anymore, that kinda stopped when Autos started having the same amount of or more gears than manual.

[QUOTE=TestECull;35957571]I've had a runaway engine before. It's scary. But here's the thing: It's not going to run out of control if you don't let it. The simplest thing to do is to turn the key to Off. NOT the position you remove it, the one just before that. The engine will shut off, but you will not activate the steering lock. You can also tug it into neutral, any automatic worth it's salt will pop right out of gear when you do this, and then you calmly coast it to a stop on the side of the road. My friend had a throttle lever stick on his '67 Mustang as well. Went from about 35MPH to 110MPH in no time at all(Fucking built 351W V8s tend to do that). He didn't hit anything, he killed the ignition and coasted it into my driveway unscathed. Jimmies were rustled but nothing crashed, and we fixed the problem in a few minutes. It isn't rocket science, and honestly if you can't regain control of a runaway within 15 seconds I don't feel you're qualified to drive, especially given how prone DBW systems seem to be to it. Give it ten or fifteen years and you'll find less clutch pedals than PRNDLs on new car lots. Panic, probably. Dashboard cameras are not limited to just emergency vehicles you know. I use my phone as a dash cam. 99% of what I catch is inconsequential bullshit, but it's rolling in the off chance something cool does happen.[/QUOTE] I gotta get me a good dashboard camera and put to together a "Shit Massholes Do" video. :v:

[QUOTE=Officer brown;35983389]For the 2013 Model year they're dropping manual transmissions on this car for all trims in every country that it's sold. [editline]16th May 2012[/editline] Not anymore, that kinda stopped when Autos started having the same amount of or more gears than manual.[/QUOTE] That's their problem, no one here will buy one of them then.

[QUOTE=demoguy08;35955084]No, manual transmission is still standard in most of Europe, for example. You can't take a license in Scandinavia if you can't drive a stick.[/QUOTE] I like that law. Also note that if he were driving a manual it would have never left first gear.

[QUOTE=shingda;35955654]Why didn't he just remove the key from the ignition? Or push the button to shut of the engine? or pull the handbrake up? [editline]/[/editline] Can someone give us an english translation?[/QUOTE] If he turns the car off, he LOSES POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES! so he couldn't of avoided collision for as long as he did, and say he got the accelerator unstuck, the brakes would of been next to useless.

If i got into a situation like this my first thought would be if i'm going to crash i should do it in the least populated place possible.

[QUOTE=Officer brown;35983389] Not anymore, that kinda stopped when Autos started having the same amount of or more gears than manual.[/QUOTE] Got a source on that? All I've ever heard is that manuals consume 20% less on average.

Wow that was fucking crazy!

Y U NO BRAKE? brakes tend to be manual.

[QUOTE=Source;35986132]If i got into a situation like this my first thought would be if i'm going to crash i should do it in the least populated place possible.[/QUOTE] I thought this, and also thought "i wouldn't have hit that minivan head on" But then you remember you'd probably be too busy thinking "SHIT FUCK SHIT FUCK IM GOING TO DIE OH GOD JESUS WHY"

[QUOTE=Source;35986132]If i got into a situation like this my first thought would be if i'm going to crash i should do it in the least populated place possible.[/QUOTE] The RAF pilot manual in WW2 said that if you were going down over England, to aim for the softest, least expensive thing you could find.