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Originally Posted by GrimJack
The interesting part of the Prius story is that the driver could not... turn the engine off. He had to get the car's speed down below 55 before the car could be turned off.
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The driver did not know how to cut the push-button ignition off when the car was engaged. There is a certain procedure for this on cars with this type of ignition, though it is not standardized.
For a Toyota, you press and hold the button for three seconds. He was likely frantically pushing it over and over, which would do nothing. It seems that Mazda thought about this and the remedy in a similar situation with a Mazda is to press the button three times in succession.
ETA: The proper procedure, when faced with this situation, is to shift into neutral (the engine will rev but the car will slow) and then use the steering and brakes to guide the car and stop before turning off the ignition. (Source: Edmunds.com
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