I don't drive, so I am curious: what is the effect of pressing the brake and the accelerator at the same time?
It's really simple to recover from a jammed open throttle (it's happened to me) - and I think it's the kind of thing that ought to be taught in driving lessons.
You have heaps of options, either knock the car into neutral, turn off the ignition (before the steering lock), stand on the clutch (if it's manual), stand on the brakes or as a very last option gently start to apply the parking brake.
Forgive my ignorance, but is a "state trooper" a cop? I can't believe an off duty cop would let the car get up to almost 120mph. Aren't they trained?
Forgive my ignorance, but is a "state trooper" a cop?
Yes.
I can't believe an off duty cop would let the car get up to almost 120mph. Aren't they trained?
I guess everyone can panic when something that they consider safe starts going out of control. You'd think cops would be trained to handle this, considering they are in stressful situations with a loaded handgun everyday.
I have a feeling that we are not getting the whole story here.
that being said - applying brakes and full-throttle to a RWD car will either bog down the engine/transmission and do nothing if under-powered, or if you have some power it will break traction while the car stands still, effectively "burning out" your rear tires and smoking them. then you can do fun things like donuts :D