Hagen Brothers farms,Goodrich ND | All you have to do is hold the power button in for 3 seconds, but that is too much to expect out of the general driving public.
The California highway patrol officer who killed himself and the other three in his car, could not comprehend turning off the engine or shifting to nuetral, so I suspect that is way too much to expect from the average licensed driver :-(
One fellow on the link I posted, suggested this. Sounds like a good idea if compatible with the Toyota fly by wire computer system.
"Originally Posted by The G Man
Although it did mention that there are a few German cars that when your tap the brakes, it will cut off the throttle, anyone know which German cars does that?
My 2009 VW GTI does this. I know because I purposely drive pressing both pedals after a car wash to wipe the brakes dry.
On all my prior cars (like my old Mini Cooper S), nothing happens, just sluggish acceleration due to the brakes being applied. But the car still accelerates.
The GTI, after about 2 seconds of both throttle and brake input, cuts the throttle completely and the car stops. Let go of the brake and you get full throttle control again.
I dunno why Toyota doesn't flash the cars to do this from factory? It's an excellent idea and should cost exactly $0 since it's just a few lines of code in the programming of the ECU. "
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Toyota should have asked NAT for help
