Doubts Over Runaway Toyota Driver's Story

[Dudette]

A driver who sparked a dramatic police chase after the accelerator pedal on his Toyota became stuck is facing questions over his version of events.

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[Muddy]

I figured this would happen.

[Strong]

Voracity, don't journalists know how to be concise?

[vectro]

Just because the event couldn't be duplicated using his car doesn't mean he's lying. On the other hand he might just want money.

[Cryren8972]

Believe it or not, from what I've seen at work, it's more likely that he was angry because his car wasn't included in the recall. He wanted to "prove" a point. Any Toyota owner that comes into the shop that is concerned with the recall is given the instructions to put the car in neutral and press the brake. Not to mention, it's been all over the news. So how did this guy not know to do that?