[Heel n Toe]

There was a segment on this a coupla nights ago on Nightline. I thought they were going to end it without telling people what to do if it happened to them, but they squeezed it in at the last minute.

They consulted a test driver from (I think) Consumer Reports and he demonstrated putting a car in neutral, braking to a stop, then turning it off.

It's amazing to me that people are calling 9-1-1... that is the last thing I would be using precious seconds for if this happened to me.

If I hadn't seen that Nightline segment, I think my first reaction would be to try brakes, then if that didn't work, I'd yank it down into low gear... you're sure never gonna hit 120 in low.

If I still couldn't get it stopped and hadn't thought about neutral, I think I'd be ramming it into reverse or park.

If there was a lockout, I'd be looking for stuff to sideswipe to scrub off speed until I found a soft target to use for a final stop.