- Biển số
- OF-10707
- Ngày cấp bằng
- 5/10/07
- Số km
- 566
- Động cơ
- 538,260 Mã lực
Theo Reuters: Hôm thứ 4 này Cảnh sát tuần tra cao tốc California đã đưa ra báo cáo về sự cố "bất ngờ tăng tốc" của chiếc Toyota Prius, báo cáo đã hỗ trợ xác nhận cho những lời khai của người lái chiếc xe Toyota Prius, người mà đã bị hãng sản xuất xe toyota đặt ra nhiều nghi vấn (về tính trung thực của lời khai) .
Viên cảnh sát Todd, người đã đuổi theo để trợ giúp cho James Sikes sau khi người này đã gọi điện thoại đến 911 để cầu cứu hôm 8/3 báo cáo rằng: "Tôi đã thấy người lái chiếc xe bị nạn ngồi chồm hẳn người tới trước, chứng tỏ rằng người lái đang đạp thắng bằng cả sức nặng thân thể". "tôi có thể thấy những hành động của ông ta (người lái xe prius) qua của sổ bên phải". "lưng của người lái xe cong lại và cả 2 tay nắm chặt lấy tay lái xe. Tôi thấy rằng chiếc xe chạy hơi chậm lại, xuống còn khoảng 85-90miles/hour"
Người cảnh sát cũng đã nói rằng: trong khi họ (người lái xe prius và viên cs) lái xe trên cao tốc hướng về Insterstate 8, thì người lái xe prius "đã nhìn về nhanh hướng tôi trong trạng thái hoang mang hoảng sợ". Và viên cảnh sát cũng đã ghi chú rằng đèn thắng trên chiếc xe Prius màu xanh đã sáng lên khi nó tiến lên dốc với vận tốc khoảng 85miles/hour (The officer also noted that the brake lights on the blue Prius were lit as it ascended a long uphill grade at about 85 miles an hour.)
Báo cáo cũng nói rằng bằng cách sử dụng loa trên xe viên cs đã khuyên Sikes vừa đạp thắng vừa kéo thắng tay, 1 lúc sau đó, chiếc xe từ từ chạy chậm và sau đó dừng lại.
Nguồn: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62G5B820100318
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(Reuters) - A California Highway Patrol report released on Wednesday in a sensational "runaway" Toyota Prius incident appears to support the version of events given by the driver, which the automaker has called into question.
U.S.
The written account by a CHP officer who raced to the aid of James Sikes after his emergency call on March 8 says that the 61-year-old realtor appeared to be stomping heavily on the brake pedal while speeding at 85 to 90 miles per hour on a freeway near San Diego.
Toyota has said it found no evidence that Sikes had been applying the brakes forcefully and that by doing so he should have been able to stop his blue 2008 Prius.
"I could see the driver sat up off his seat indicating that he was possibly applying the brake pedal with his body weight," CHP Officer Todd Neibert wrote in his investigative report.
"I was able to view his actions through the lowered right rear window," Neibert said in the seven-page written narrative. "His back was arched and both hands were pulling on the steering wheel. I noticed that the Prius slowed slightly, down to approximately 85 to 90 miles per hour."
Neibert wrote that Sikes "looked over at me briefly and appeared to be in a panicked state" as they drove at high speeds along Interstate 8. The officer also noted that the brake lights on the blue Prius were lit as it ascended a long uphill grade at about 85 miles an hour.
It was then that he advised Sikes through a loudspeaker to apply the brake pedal and emergency brake simultaneously. Shortly afterward, the car's speed dropped dramatically and then came to a stop.
Neibert said in his account that he discovered a large amount of brake dust and brake pad material in and around the wheels. The accelerator and brake pedals in a normal resting position and that the floor mat did not appear to be interfering with them.
He said that Sikes complained of tightness in his chest, "appeared to be extremely stressed from the incident" and was reluctant to get out of an ambulance when he learned that reporters were waiting to speak with him.
At a news conference on Monday, a week after the incident, Toyota held a news conference to announce that their preliminary investigation resulted in findings "inconsistent" with Sikes' account.
Toyota said it had found no evidence that Sikes had been applying the brakes forcefully even though the front brakes had been worn down to the metal.
Executives for automaker said severe break wear could result from a driver intermittently and lightly tapping the brakes lightly over a long period of time.
The Toyota executives said that stepping on the brake pedal with moderate to heavy pressure should have activated the hybrid vehicle's brake override function, which immediately cuts power to the engine when the brakes and throttle are engaged simultaneously and brings the car to a swift halt.
That was how the other Prius vehicles behaved when members of the media were allowed to test drive the car at the company's news event.
Separately, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration engineers failed to replicate the runaway scenario reported by Sikes when they test-drove the car after the incident, and said they found no evidence to support or disprove his account.
The incident in San Diego came at a crucial time for Toyota, which has struggled to reassure a jittery public it had turned a corner in dealing with safety issues that sparked a recall of 8.5 million vehicles worldwide.
Scrutiny of the Prius, a vehicle the automaker considers its most important, also raised the stakes for the company in ongoing U.S. investigations of unintended acceleration.
(Reporting by Dan Whitcomb and Steve Gorman, editing by Leslie Gevirtz)
Viên cảnh sát Todd, người đã đuổi theo để trợ giúp cho James Sikes sau khi người này đã gọi điện thoại đến 911 để cầu cứu hôm 8/3 báo cáo rằng: "Tôi đã thấy người lái chiếc xe bị nạn ngồi chồm hẳn người tới trước, chứng tỏ rằng người lái đang đạp thắng bằng cả sức nặng thân thể". "tôi có thể thấy những hành động của ông ta (người lái xe prius) qua của sổ bên phải". "lưng của người lái xe cong lại và cả 2 tay nắm chặt lấy tay lái xe. Tôi thấy rằng chiếc xe chạy hơi chậm lại, xuống còn khoảng 85-90miles/hour"
Người cảnh sát cũng đã nói rằng: trong khi họ (người lái xe prius và viên cs) lái xe trên cao tốc hướng về Insterstate 8, thì người lái xe prius "đã nhìn về nhanh hướng tôi trong trạng thái hoang mang hoảng sợ". Và viên cảnh sát cũng đã ghi chú rằng đèn thắng trên chiếc xe Prius màu xanh đã sáng lên khi nó tiến lên dốc với vận tốc khoảng 85miles/hour (The officer also noted that the brake lights on the blue Prius were lit as it ascended a long uphill grade at about 85 miles an hour.)
Báo cáo cũng nói rằng bằng cách sử dụng loa trên xe viên cs đã khuyên Sikes vừa đạp thắng vừa kéo thắng tay, 1 lúc sau đó, chiếc xe từ từ chạy chậm và sau đó dừng lại.
Nguồn: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62G5B820100318
đây chỉ là bài lược dịch đại ý từ Reuters, mình mong bro nào khá anh văn có thể dịch hết cả bài để anh em OF cùng tìm hiểu
(Reuters) - A California Highway Patrol report released on Wednesday in a sensational "runaway" Toyota Prius incident appears to support the version of events given by the driver, which the automaker has called into question.
U.S.
The written account by a CHP officer who raced to the aid of James Sikes after his emergency call on March 8 says that the 61-year-old realtor appeared to be stomping heavily on the brake pedal while speeding at 85 to 90 miles per hour on a freeway near San Diego.
Toyota has said it found no evidence that Sikes had been applying the brakes forcefully and that by doing so he should have been able to stop his blue 2008 Prius.
"I could see the driver sat up off his seat indicating that he was possibly applying the brake pedal with his body weight," CHP Officer Todd Neibert wrote in his investigative report.
"I was able to view his actions through the lowered right rear window," Neibert said in the seven-page written narrative. "His back was arched and both hands were pulling on the steering wheel. I noticed that the Prius slowed slightly, down to approximately 85 to 90 miles per hour."
Neibert wrote that Sikes "looked over at me briefly and appeared to be in a panicked state" as they drove at high speeds along Interstate 8. The officer also noted that the brake lights on the blue Prius were lit as it ascended a long uphill grade at about 85 miles an hour.
It was then that he advised Sikes through a loudspeaker to apply the brake pedal and emergency brake simultaneously. Shortly afterward, the car's speed dropped dramatically and then came to a stop.
Neibert said in his account that he discovered a large amount of brake dust and brake pad material in and around the wheels. The accelerator and brake pedals in a normal resting position and that the floor mat did not appear to be interfering with them.
He said that Sikes complained of tightness in his chest, "appeared to be extremely stressed from the incident" and was reluctant to get out of an ambulance when he learned that reporters were waiting to speak with him.
At a news conference on Monday, a week after the incident, Toyota held a news conference to announce that their preliminary investigation resulted in findings "inconsistent" with Sikes' account.
Toyota said it had found no evidence that Sikes had been applying the brakes forcefully even though the front brakes had been worn down to the metal.
Executives for automaker said severe break wear could result from a driver intermittently and lightly tapping the brakes lightly over a long period of time.
The Toyota executives said that stepping on the brake pedal with moderate to heavy pressure should have activated the hybrid vehicle's brake override function, which immediately cuts power to the engine when the brakes and throttle are engaged simultaneously and brings the car to a swift halt.
That was how the other Prius vehicles behaved when members of the media were allowed to test drive the car at the company's news event.
Separately, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration engineers failed to replicate the runaway scenario reported by Sikes when they test-drove the car after the incident, and said they found no evidence to support or disprove his account.
The incident in San Diego came at a crucial time for Toyota, which has struggled to reassure a jittery public it had turned a corner in dealing with safety issues that sparked a recall of 8.5 million vehicles worldwide.
Scrutiny of the Prius, a vehicle the automaker considers its most important, also raised the stakes for the company in ongoing U.S. investigations of unintended acceleration.
(Reporting by Dan Whitcomb and Steve Gorman, editing by Leslie Gevirtz)
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