Vehicular Accident at Ayala Ave. cor. Dela Costa

[karl88]

The accident happened at around 8am this morning. An Isuzu Trooper that was making a turn from Ayala Ave. to H.V. Dela Costa experienced some problems with the accelerator pedal (as narrated by the owner) when it got stuck while he was stepping on it when he was making the turn. As a result, the trooper rammed the steel fence near Metrobank (GT Tower) on to the sidewalk and on a concrete bench just outside the bank branch. It was a good thing though that there were no pedestrians walking, nor were there people sitting on the bench during that time.

A toyota corolla was side swiped while the trooper hit the fence. the corolla sustained a scraped right side (front fender up to the rear door) and a broken side mirror. The driver of the corolla was okay...so was the trooper driver...although the wife of the trooper owner suffered a cut on her lip. must have bitten her lip during the accident.

When all the steel fence debris were removed from under the trooper, and after one tire was replaced....the trooper drove off the sidewalk before it was attached to the tow truck.


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[OTEP]

Heto na naman tayo sa 'accelerator got stuck' alibi. Maybe it's his foot that got stuck.

It's common knowledge that the brakes of a modern automobile can hold a vehicle in place even if the engine is on full power.

But that's one tough Trooper.

I pity the car he sideswiped. Innocent victim.

[nugundam93]

holy cow. at least it wasn't as gory as the last ayala ave accident.; :D

[baiskee]

nyyaaaaayyyy...kakatakot. di kaya nasaniban yang trooper.

[ian_rex]

di kaya nagkamali lang nang tinapakang pedal yan? instead of brakes, accelerator ang natapakan?

[karl88]

well, hirap talaga mag speculate kung anong nangyari when it happened, pero that was according to what he said. The owner was mga late 40'sh or early 50'sh na, and mukhang maingat sa sasakyan niya and kasi her wife has a hip problem and was using a walker na parang wheel chair din at the same time, so i guess maingat din siya mag drive.

buti na lang at walang nasaktan sa accident na yon.

[Macho]

I think so...

[karl88]

di kaya nagkamali lang nang tinapakang pedal yan? instead of brakes, accelerator ang natapakan?

according to the driver/owner, naka stop sila sa ayala ave. kasi red light pa, when the light turned green, he accelerated and turned towards dela costa st., pero when he lifted his foot to slow down, na stuck na raw yung accelerator pedal, kaya iniwasan na niya yung mga cars infront and swerved towards the steel fence....pero di kinaya nung fence na i-stop yung car kaya umakyat pa sa sidewalk. the only thing that made the trooper stop was the concrete bench.

[j_avonni]

Kawawa naman yung Trooper. Ibinangga na, sya pa ang pinagbintangan.

[orly_andico]

that makes absolutely no sense.

if i was in that situation (hindi bumalik yung accelerator pedal) then the obvious thing to do is full brake and depress the clutch (to spare the engine from lugging when it dies, but even if no clutch press, the engine will lug and then stall). if it's an auto tranny, just full brake, the torque converter will take care of things. then shut off the engine.

[karl88]

btw, the trooper has a bullbar with those rubber protectors. when it hit the bench, natanggal yung isang rubber protector sa top portion nung bullbar. i saw na yung dugtong ng stainless steel tubing hindi pala naka weld....kundi masking tape lang ang nakalagay.

[alwayz_yummy]

well, malay nga atin.. baka naka slippers at di naalis agad sa gas pedal(happend to me once kay shoes na lagi ako)

or sadyang nataranta na.

[Memphis Raines]

Can that "stuck accelerator" thing can happen if the car is an automatic?

I think there was a time last year ata yun when a family's new driver drove their automatic na car for the first time. After dropping off the kids to school, as he was exiting the premises, bigla nalang daw humatak yung car then he plowed into 3 or 4 other (expensive!) cars.

Ang lame excuse nya is that "the automatic did it". You believe that bull?

I read it in the Inquirer.

[OTEP]

Kawawa naman yung Trooper. Ibinangga na, sya pa ang pinagbintangan.

Siyempre the driver will not blame himself.

[mazdamazda]

kaya pala ma traffic kaninang umaga sa dela costa...

though if the accelerator really got stucked - why didn't he use his emergency / parking brakes?

[OTEP]

A stuck throttle CAN happen to any vehicle.

However, that's no excuse to not be able to stop the vehicle. The service brakes (dual circuit), parking brakes, and even ignition key are all at your disposal.

Simply slamming it into neutral and letting the engine blow up by itself is considered acceptable during an emergency.

Just don't panic.

[oldblue]

baka naman may kakalat kalat na mineral water sa ibaba niya tapos nabarhan breaks. happened to me once.

[Kikkomann]

Just don't panic.

Ito yung madaling sabihin pero mahirap gawin, lalo na pag sobrang bilis at biglaan.

[alwayz_yummy]

magagawa mo lang di magpanic kung may presence of mind ka, and wag mo i apply nakikita mo sa movies/TV...

mabubungo/makakabungo nalang sisigaw at tatakpan pa ang mukha!

[karl88]

A stuck throttle CAN happen to any vehicle.

However, that's no excuse to not be able to stop the vehicle. The service brakes (dual circuit), parking brakes, and even ignition key are all at your disposal.

i've been wondering for a long time na, if it is really possible to just turn off the ignition key while the gear is still engaged when you experience a brake failure. does anybody know if it really works? kasi baka gamitin natin yung technique na yon...tapos di pala effective.