andreouc3000
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Aug 15, 2017 11:01 PM
andreouc3000
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BanThisIfYouDare
This accident could have been avoided if the wheel was on the correct side.
Scoobthedood
Once got a Gatorade 16oz bottle stuck behind the brake driving manual and down shifting came in handy. But so could've a new pair of shorts
willek
My 30 yr old bmw has a gas padal hinged to the floor.
LeBeholder
how about don't be an uncoordinated idiot with your mcdonalds beverage and you wont need a mat in the first place.
unaskedtabitha
This is way we paid over $100 for custom floor mats that fit perfectly
fackyourusername
make sure that your bottle fits in the cup holder and is not going to come out and roll under brake.
Twatimz
This was happening with Toyota's a while ago, had a recall, new accelerator and um....check the mats
jakeslappy
Perfect click bait title!
SwiftyRich
It's good to highlight this for people to check on their own car... But an impact like that could have easily thrown the mat forward.
MojadoGringo
THIS IS WHY YOU DONT PUT NEW MATS OVER THE STOCK MATS! FUCKING TAKE THE OLD ONES OUT IF YOU GET NEW ONES!
longNECKpeople
The brake still wins. Just saying. But yeah dont put them over
BeagleOfDoom
You should listen to Malcolm Gladwell's Revisionist History podcast about this. Fascinating!
WeatherWiz
Well there's your problem..the brake pedal is on the wrong side of the car!!
Supermandrewh
Malcolm Gladwell has a very good "revisionist history" podcast involving this scenario as well as the mass hysteria of da Runaway Cars craze
BeagleOfDoom
Yes just posted that comment before I saw yours! Such a great podcast
RickHalcyon
"Brakes win every time"
LaraCroftsBrokenRib
This episode blew my mind a little...such a good podcast!
thelongnecknamedlittlefoot
Immediately checking the floor mats in my car.
dubbelu
Check the hooks
ilikebenches
me too, your car is dangerous enough on the road already! Also your trunk is filthy and smells weird, please clean.
TheGreatAnhey
I just took mine out
idonthaveanaccentyouhaveanaccent
Don't use universal mats. I spent the extra money and got laser fitted, semi-rigid, waterproof mats. No chance of this happening
fantastapotamus
I love my WeatherTech mats.. the carpet still looks new in my car.
Corrodias
I'm pretty sure mine just don't go so far forward as to be under (or on top of) the pedals.
ILOVEVALVE
Let me dry my tears with my Weathertec receipt
FreezeTheBallsOffABrassMonkey
Sooo expensive but so good
zeetsmageets
This was the cause off the giant Toyota recalls few years back. People stacking floor mats as well.
FadingNewDawn
Are those body bags to the left of the car?
Laylah77
Wow
FreezeTheBallsOffABrassMonkey
Just turn the car off. And if you've never tried it, you should at least once for safety to see that you can in fact still steer and brake 1
FreezeTheBallsOffABrassMonkey
Without power assist. Not as comfortably but still very possible. Steering is easy enough while car is moving and if you stand on the brake
FreezeTheBallsOffABrassMonkey
You can achieve more than enough braking force without the vacuum assist
Iamyourcaptainnow
Must be a automatic, not a normal car. You'd cut out the gas by breaking as you also activate the clutch. Or driver got very much into panic
CoughCoughItsOnlyTB
The mats that were in my car when I bought it literally bunched under the pedals and the dealer refused to replace them.
donkeypunchbug
Mats are cheap, just buy some good ones.
TheBestRussian
Every time I took my car in for service, the dealership told me my mats were shit and I should replace them.
longNECKpeople
There was the myth busters ep, malcom gladwell, and the countless studies for toyota that shows that the brakes always win. But Toyota lost
Sm9yCg
Did you run him over?
nanyatenyaa
Then you say "replace it, or I'm not giving you 20+ k, balls in your court bro."
nanyatenyaa
You can't let a dealership bully you. He'll they tried to give me 15k for my mini.... and I'm like "bullshit the tires alone are 1k...
nanyatenyaa
..try again. Try again with about 7k more."
nanyatenyaa
If a dealership is going to fuck about with giving you shit floor mats, they are fucking about with other dumb shit too. Nonsense!
OtterlyMagnificent
I just removed the mat from the driver's side of mine. Left the Passenger and back-seat because they're easier to clean after Uber.
Jokesterwild
funny, my dealership gave me even better mats when they heard I did shit like mountain biking.
Bru9
That's Toyota for ya...
theluker
If only you were a Toyota in the sheets.
TheOneTrueNerd
I get that reference. +1
PhrankRizzo
Yeah dude wtf Toyota's a better brand than most :) do you buy American my friend? Lmao
TVNewsIsBadForYou
Toyotas shit and you should feel bad for supporting them
PhrankRizzo
Ouch bro, you should feel bad just for the heck of it :) muricans lol
TVNewsIsBadForYou
I do feel bad. Like all the time... :(
JosJansen
Yeah, but the door opened, and no blood inside. Good enough for me. Also, that looks like aftermarket mats...
Wander1236
Uhh
ignorantbastrd
Lexus and Toyota actually had a pretty big recall involving floor mats if I'm not mistaken.
ignorantbastrd
Aha, found it. https://www.cars.com/articles/2009/09/38-million-toyota-lexus-recalled-over-floor-mats/
mBrasher
Every year many people are injured or killed because of people installing improperly fitting aftermarket accessories in their cars.
OneUpperSteve
Use the brake or shift into neutral.
joejoe4games
Had the same thing happen on my manuel so I just pressed the clutch, same effect... I may have over revved the engine a little bit though ^^
NapoleonDynOmite
A lot of peoples' brains just sort of switch off in a crisis or emergency type situations
sirrandalot
Yup unfortunately this is true, (of course we don't know the full story but this is overwhelmingly the cause of these type of accidents)
DankM3M3GetUpVotes
Can confirm. There was a fire, I grabbed the fire extinguisher and completely forgot how to use it.
TheBestRussian
I'm proud to say that when my car got fucky on the highway, I shifted to neutral and steered it into a safe spot. Then called dad & cried.
GreenPoops
Good instincts. Best thing to do if you get into a sticky situation is to stop and take a breather.
TheBestRussian
It turned out my engine died. At highway speed. Due to a torn timing belt. Which then damaged one of the cylinders. My first car thus died.
Turtleswan
This happened to me once, only been driving a few years, but instant reaction was clutch in slow down and assess when stopped. Not hard.
BobsonDugnuttJr
Shifted into neutral once because of this. Saved my life.
dhaves
Or you know, turn it off...
escalinci
That's a complete last resort, steering will probably lock.
anddylanrew
Brake is way stronger than gas. Car will stop.
Chalybos
Yeah, no. Had a throttle cable fray and lock, had to kill the ignition without locking the steering. Not fun.
patrickleodesign
Most modern cars (last ten years, or so) are set up so that the brake overrides the throttle. ...except those Priuses...
civicrocker
Ya, you ever heard of a break stand?! The 100+ ponies under the hood are way stronger than the steel sliders behind the wheels!!
nameisunavailable
Theres a reason you can only do that in a rear wheel drive car. Front brake pads are stronger than rear pads.
illmissyou
Haven't heard of a brake stand, but this was tested in the wake of the stuck accelerator lawsuits a few years back. Brakes consistently
illmissyou
stopped cars even from 60 mph and the gas pedal on the floor.
Chalybos
Not a muscle car or a truck, maybe in a Civic. Personal experience proves otherwise.
ttck
I was thinking "press the clutch", since I drive stick.
Chalybos
Most of the people on imgur probably don't know how to drive a stick.
Lierofox
Of the 7 cars I've owned, only 2 were automatic.
Chalybos
I miss driving a stick. Wife overrules me when it comes to new cars, though, since she's usually the designated driver. ;)
sirwilliambillion
What is neutral?
OneUpperSteve
On your gear shifter it is labelled "N". You use it every day to go from forward to reverse.
circlebreaker
The lack of a strong feeling, one way or another. Tell my wife, I say hello.
Ulthirm
I drive an older car. when fully depressed like this, the brakes aint stopping the car, just making it scream and go maybe 10 MPH slower.
Chalybos
Been there, but hey, the guys who haven't actually experienced it know they're right because all cars are equal, right?
IshitOnWindshields
Then your car shouldn't be on the road. My 90s cars could stop with the brake pressed
Chalybos
And yet they all passed inspections with flying colors. Don't speak with authority on a subject in which you have none.
IshitOnWindshields
Is it the 90s today? Seeing as I work on cars daily I have some authority. If his brakes can't over power brakes. Something is wrong
Ulthirm
and... you cant shift when your driving unless its manual last i checked.
nanyatenyaa
You can always shift into neutral.... ALWAYS.
Ulthirm
Well ill add that to the list of things i should make sure my car (and our truck) get checked for. Once i get more money i suppose.
PithyCommentBelow
You can shift into neutral.
anthaneezy
How much older? I'm willing to bet you don't know what you're talking about. Even a 30 year old car's brakes will overpower the motor.
Laaub
Seriously, if your brakes can't stop your car there is something seriously wrong...
tellmeimcute
Probably not keeping up with proper maintenance. Majority of people don't bother with their car until something is wrong.
Laaub
I mean stop it while on the gas. I give up. Too tired
IshitOnWindshields
You drive a shit car and should have brakes checked
Ulthirm
I have $100 to my name and cant afford to do that. Instead ill just ya know kill my car with the ignition button because the previous
Ulthirm
owner couldnt be bothered to fix the damn key cylinder. It wont do more damage to the car than what the kids around the school do anyways.
IshitOnWindshields
Or put in neutral then hit the brakes. You lose steering with ignition off
Ulthirm
Nah ill loose the powersteering but my car still has the mechanical portion. I'm not in a drive by wire car luckily (I hate DBW)
Craftyclaw
Public service announcement: you can always put your car in neutral if the gas pedal is stuck
Demo7
The engine would be screaming and will most likely cause the driver to panic again. It'd be best to just shut the car off.
nanyatenyaa
The engine will be fine... turning it off would cause most drivers to lose control, lacking power steering and brakes.
Demo7
In this case where you lose your throttle, you want to keep straight and come to a slow stop. You can do it just fine without p/s & p/brakes
nanyatenyaa
I know I know. I lost control of throttle the next best steps are to lose control of steering and make the brakes less effective!
nanyatenyaa
Now how else can we make the car more difficult to control?! You seem really good at this!
nanyatenyaa
All roads are straight and have no obstructions or other cars on them.... God damn idiot.
Demo7
Lol. Okay I'll let you settle with your idea that brakes and steering are absolutely non existent with the engine off.
nanyatenyaa
Fuck it, all driving manuals say to just shift to neutral but this guy has the right idea, just fucking slam into a building you'll stop!
nanyatenyaa
Public psychology announcement, people panic in an emergency. Thinking ahead is more sensible.
nanyatenyaa
This is why cars have various safety features, like hooks for driver side floor mats.
Craftyclaw
Just trying to spread the word, I ment no malice
Corrodias
Mhm. I hope you're not saying this to try to discourage the spreading of this potentially useful, even vital, information, though.
nanyatenyaa
It is not useful to tell some one in an accident "well dont.. like while you were panicking you should have had a cleared focus mind"
Craftyclaw
Yes but learning from others mistakes helps increases your chances if you get into the same situation
nanyatenyaa
It's more helpful to say "do these things before driving, you will be better prepared"
nanyatenyaa
Like... "adjust your mirrors, check brakes, check tires, clear obstructions from your view, check the foot well..."
Corrodias
1) I totally agree with that being more valuable. But this isn't the first time I've seen hostility toward even entertaining the idea that
Corrodias
2) someone might *not* panic in a threatening situation, or that a nugget of information might be remembered in the middle of one. "Stop,
Corrodias
3) drop, and roll" was everywhere when I was a kid, and that's the same kind of thing. I don't really understand the negative reaction.
nanyatenyaa
Useful, vital information is that preparing for an emergency does more than hindsight bias.
RickHalcyon
BRAKES WIN EVERY TIME - http://revisionisthistory.com/episodes/08-blame-game
TheBlueMuppet
Had a jeep with a bad throttle position sensor, it tried to idle at 3000rpm while i was parking in 4wd. Slapped into neutral.
Hungrypiemonger
its an open and shut case johnson, now sprinkle some crack on him and lets get outta here.
Clockworkdancerobot
Poorly fitting floor mats that lead to pedal getting stuck.
MisterJP
Yeah. Learned that the semi-hard way. Luckily I was on a freeway and in a manual car. The clutch saved me.
LeahIsRad
My new car has little nubs that go in to the holes of the mats and they still come unattached and bunch up within ten minutes of driving.
Hurro
Which is why it's worth the money to buy direct from the dealer for the molded ones.
EvilToska
Yeah, that sucks. I once had that with stock floormats in a Fiat Ducato RV. Sharp edges of the pedal had cut the mat and got stuck.
syntaxxor
It's not poorly fitted, the asshat doesn't have it in the slot it's designed to be cuddled by
lLikeTurtles
Got a rental car with broken mat once. Decided to remove the whole mat.
probshouldntsayitbut
Cuddles!!!!
FaceBookAI
I mean... If you insist
imostlyupvotedogs
Offered cuddles from a user named "currentlyerect." Sounds safe.
DiddyDollar
So it's poorly fitted?
syntaxxor
Neglect and misused are both better in this scenario.
Corrodias
Poorly inserted, but I think "fitted" means... like, shaped. It's the right shape, just not installed correctly. Or that's the claim, anyway
DungeonMaster69
That stuff got Toyota in a huge ass pr problem and pulling out millions of dollars worth of Lexuses out of the market
DungeonMaster69
And after "fixing" the problem, they found out the floor mat wasn't even the problem. The pedals just occasionally got stuck on their own
Haidere1988
I thought those were just for the cruise control...
igobeder
That was a hell of a wreclk, it knocked the steer wheel and pedals over to the wrong side of the car.
FuckingTurtleBear
JeepersMedia
BigAZNMan
Nah. It's transfender.
ThePoorWarrior
ilikesmallboobiessincenooneelsedoes
Whoa there, I don't know what that's all about, but I'm already not accepting of it! Now that car better turn around and untransfender!
harrybo12
We want out country back.
NOESTASLEYENDOESTO
NoOfficerImJustNotSober
Sarahsmomhasgotitgoingon
THE BRITISH ARE COMING!!!!!!
poTAYtoesBOILemMASHemSTICKeminaSTEW
You mean the Aussies
TacticalL0tion
Sordiy
Coming.. My friend we have already arrived in fact we have been here since the dawn of time!
AncientPostNecromancer
Considering their declining birth rate i'd say this is inaccurate.
FuckingTurtleBear
Kittendoodles
Rofl
TheGreatBlueHeron
Could be those Aussies, or even the Japanese.
wooshoo1992
Hong kong as well
WooDyBooM
Thank you for making me laugh way too hard!
Elijahrock
Some would consider it the right side.
FuckingTurtleBear
Correct side!
Reodreth
Also the correct side ;)
WakeMeUpB4UpostPost
FuckingTurtleBear
Wake up oz! Up vote this righteous bastard!
FuckingTurtleBear
And you too cuzzybros (and cuzzybro sisters) you've all been awaken for ages now. With your L&P. And jandles. And chully buns. Ay bro?!
scatter
Right side is wrong side.
SluntBiggums
That sentence was a fucking wreck man.
igobeder
Trew, I dint prove reed four eye posed it.
MrFnortner
You're obviously watching this video from the wrong side of the screen.
Vertron
The correct side
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tex81024
Race cars are built differently, many consumer cars will let you hold down the gas and brake, and usually the gas wins
Iamthemonkeymansowhatevercats
Not really. Only if you don't use enough force. Brakes are a lot stronger than people think.
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EternalAegis
Well if you wanted it on the left, then maybe you shouldn't have lost to napoleon as much. ;)
MeMyselfandyourCat
EternalAegis
I'm serious tho...look it up. He made the countries he conquered adopt a right handed circulation.