Hi John:
> There do seem to be some very odd features about this incident. Why > wasn't the CHP officer making the 911 call, instead of the hysterical > person who did? The CHP off-duty officer was driving with his family in the auto-dealer courtesy car. I guess he was pretty busy trying to control the car (at 160 km/h), so his wife made the call. (I think there's a web site where you can listen to the call.) > However, that is beside the point. Now that the focus has turned to EMI > being involved, and the practical impossibility of testing for all > conceivable EMI threats, I think we are looking towards a *mechanical* > emergency throttle closer and/or fuel cut-off. Have you ever had a computer lock up? Was it due to EMI? Re-cycle power and everything runs normal. And no trace to the cause of the lock-up. We owned a 2005 Toyota Avalon. We believe it incurred an uncommanded acceleration which ended when we rear-ended the car in front. This was moderate acceleration for a long up-hill on-ramp to a freeway. Not fast, but it took 2 feet on the brake and it slowed but not stopped until it hit the car in front (which was stopped). At the time, we blamed the brakes, but in light of the recent info, we now believe it was an incident of uncommanded acceleration. After front-end repair (including re-cycling the power), the car worked normally for as long as we owned it. Best regards, Rich - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <[email protected]> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc Graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. can be posted to that URL. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <[email protected]> Mike Cantwell <[email protected]> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <[email protected]> David Heald: <[email protected]>
